Garden Pest ID needed

RANGERTHEDOG

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The leaves on my cannabis and strawberry plants are being pecked away at and they’re side by side on my deck. I put some yellow sticky traps out and an catching an abundance of green shimmering flies as in the pictures below. The plant is still looking really healthy but I’m noticing an increase in leaf damage last couple days, so i’d like to figure out what this pest is and treat organically if possible.

any idea what these flies are? they are really all over the straw berries even more than the cannabis. They may not be the culprit figure I may have something else doing damage at night as well..
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Plants
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Skeletonized strawberry leaf in case it helps
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RANGERTHEDOG

Active Member
Imo it looks like Caterpillar or grasshoppers eating your plants
Yep, I gound an ID last night these flies are not eating leaves they are long legged flies that are actually good for pollination although they can be bad for seedlings as their maggotts will eat roots etc.
I think I have night feeders and first suspect is caterpillars.
 
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