Hello Gardeners, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow . On my walks with friend Ann Nolte we’ve been examining dandelions, not much else is in flower right now. On warm days, we bend over and stare at those yellow blooms to see if there are any insect visitors. So far, we’ve seen small dipterans – that sounds more exciting than the common name of flies, doesn’t it? Our ubiquitous dandelion, Taraxacum officinale , is a Eurasian species that has spread almost all over the