"Apparently these pests do not prey as much on plants grown in shade" Oh yes they do and don't believe they don not fly over x feet. I have seen them fly over my two storey house. I have five swats. Two for the front garden and two for the back and one in my pocket. It's very satisfying to kill a mating pair. They come in at least three colour forms - all black, all fawn, ginger and striped. http://www.snowdropinfo.com/narcissusfly.htm Mark N Ireland -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 15021 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len/ The Professional version does not have this message