Flies swarming over my veggie patch every morning?
Anyone know what this might be due to? My zucchini are flowering but I’d be impressed if they’re all pollinating that. No smells or dead animals visible lol
I’m assuming you have compost or something in there, and flies are decomposers. Nothing to worry about, we’re fly country (Australia is home to thousands of species, most of which are undescribed).
pialligo
Blood and bone maybe? Could just be a moist, fertile area where they can reproduce.
shifty_fifty
Hard to tell from the pics, but if they’re hover flies or black soldier flies, you have garden helpers, not in-your-face pest to contend with.
Numerous-Bee-4959
I noticed this in my garden yesterday. And it’s the first time I’ve used sugar cane mulch .. they seem to be coming from this.
I’ve been growing veggies etc for decades and the sugar cane is my only new modification.
apachelives
You sure they are not native bees or stingless bees? Some of them are tiny but you want them.
Tempestus_Scion
They may attract spiders who will take care of them, which will attract other insects/lizards/birds and voila, you have a nice healthy ecosystem happening
Agreeable-Rich-8509
I’ve had heaps of fly looking insects hounding my mango tree flowers so they possibly could be pollinators and not your regular annoying flies
Kbradsagain
Flies are better pollinators than people give credit for
Junior_Adeptness_995
It would help to have a close up of one of these little flying insects… but it could be ‘fungus gnats’ as they love the rotting composted material we place in our veggie gardens.
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I’m assuming you have compost or something in there, and flies are decomposers. Nothing to worry about, we’re fly country (Australia is home to thousands of species, most of which are undescribed).
Blood and bone maybe? Could just be a moist, fertile area where they can reproduce.
Hard to tell from the pics, but if they’re hover flies or black soldier flies, you have garden helpers, not in-your-face pest to contend with.
I noticed this in my garden yesterday. And it’s the first time I’ve used sugar cane mulch .. they seem to be coming from this.
I’ve been growing veggies etc for decades and the sugar cane is my only new modification.
You sure they are not native bees or stingless bees? Some of them are tiny but you want them.
They may attract spiders who will take care of them, which will attract other insects/lizards/birds and voila, you have a nice healthy ecosystem happening
I’ve had heaps of fly looking insects hounding my mango tree flowers so they possibly could be pollinators and not your regular annoying flies
Flies are better pollinators than people give credit for
It would help to have a close up of one of these little flying insects… but it could be ‘fungus gnats’ as they love the rotting composted material we place in our veggie gardens.