This strange little bubble-blowing creature might be a type of Fruit Fly.
I have seen this behaviour before and found various interesting theories about it at
http://diptera.info/articles.php?article_id=16
Judging by the size of its abdomen, my guess is that it overindulged on pear juice!
I was hoping that the fruit I put out yesterday might draw a bird or two, but they were too skittish to come on to the porch. A variety of smaller visitors did not mind my four legged family though.
I have seen this behaviour before and found various interesting theories about it at
http://diptera.info/articles.php?article_id=16
Judging by the size of its abdomen, my guess is that it overindulged on pear juice!
I was hoping that the fruit I put out yesterday might draw a bird or two, but they were too skittish to come on to the porch. A variety of smaller visitors did not mind my four legged family though.
We had 200mm of rain in 24 hours and there could be more tonight.
