Like flies round Sh.......orbus torminalis

[David Humphries]

Not seen this before.

 

Wild Service Tree with a cloud of flies buzzing around the top.

Trees flowering heavily, but not at the apex.

 

All the other Trees around (campestre, excelsior, petrea & spinosa), are free from this plague

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Easy.

 

If you look closely you can see the decomposing corpse of a tree surgeon in the crown.

 

Tragically, he died of old age waiting for an EDF shutdown date....

[Joe]

Easy.

 

If you look closely you can see the decomposing corpse of a tree surgeon in the crown.

 

Tragically, he died of old age waiting for an EDF shutdown date....

 

lol

[Amelanchier]

Lek??

[David Humphries]

Lek??

 

Que?

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[wills-mill]

A lek is what capercaillie (spelling?) and other highland grouse carry out--> a mass meeting of the males at rutting season to establish a hierarchy for servicing the ladies.

 

perhaps your flies do it over Wild Service

[David Humphries]

A lek is what capercaillie (spelling?) and other highland grouse carry out--> a mass meeting of the males at rutting season to establish a hierarchy for servicing the ladies.

 

perhaps your flies do it over Wild Service

 

 

Ofcourse.........then the champion buzzer can pick a bunch of wild service flowers and woo the ladies with both his brute strength & sensitivity

 

 

 

 

Thanks Will

 

 

 

 

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[felixthelogchopper]

What sort of scent do those flowers carry? If they rely on insect pollination, perhaps they are putting out something that attracts the flies. Please excuse my ignorance if they are wind pollinated.

[David Humphries]

What sort of scent do those flowers carry? If they rely on insect pollination, perhaps they are putting out something that attracts the flies. Please excuse my ignorance if they are wind pollinated.

 

Not really sure Felix, I'll give 'em a sniff next spring and get back to ya

 

 

The interesting thing from this episode, was the lack of interaction between the flies and the flowers.

 

As in the above shot, they were well above

 

Liking Wills explanation of Tonys' point.

 

 

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[felixthelogchopper]

If it is the smell that is attracting them, I wouldn't sniff too hard