Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Bee or fly?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
They are supposed to lay eggs at the neck of the bulb between the foliage, the grub then descends to the bulb and eats it. I found a fat grub in the side of a small hippeastrum bulb which was in a greenhouse but taken inside over winter. Some time ago in this spring I saw a mature fly in the same greenhouse, I went to grab my camera which was nearby but it had disappeared. There is a toad living in there so it might have got it.

There are many predators, I haven't noticed a serious lack of bulbs in the garden so far but the Gladiolus communis byzantinus seem to have dwindled with only two in flower this year, there was definitely more growing last year that should be there now.

Today it is hot here, yesterday was up to 82F too and my pretty bulb flies turned up today! There was a mating session too, but I had to let them get on with it, lol, she was upside down. I like the two little feet sticking out the back!