Davin shot this ethereal, slow motion video in the garden last weekend.
I believe these were the same midges that danced around me one afternoon a few weeks ago as I was constructing a cold frame over this bed in anticipation of the killing frost. And yet here they were again, more than a week AFTER we hit -10C. I’ve been wondering how that is possible and if, perhaps, they were able to survive under the cover the of cold frame’s protection or somewhere else in the garden. It seems awfully late in the season for them to be out mating. I’ve done some digging, but haven’t been able to accurately identify the Latin name of this hardy little creature.
It is in moments like this when I realize that despite having lived with and within this tiny parcel of earth through 7 growing seasons, I have barely begun to unpack its mysteries.
How fascinating! Every year in the garden brings with it new discoveries – some wonderful and some not so much (such as my first ever potato beetles this year!). Good or bad, there is always some excitement to be had :)
Either fairies or some kind of flying insect (we’ll never know)… we are forever grateful for finding new creatures in our garden spaces too. Leaves an air of mystery and excitement and the yearning for finding more new things. Could it be an wooly aphid fairy fly?