Flies as pollinators
All of us are very familiar with the service that bees perform for us in our yards. Many of us are also familiar that there are a great number of other things that also pollinate flowers – such as some species of bats. In the past I have read that some flies also pollinate flowers, but it certainly was strange actually seeing one do it.
I found a number of these flies on a bank of yellow flowers next to a small stream. I must admit that even after attempting to look it up, I have no idea what type of fly it is. At first I thought it was a face fly, but according to what I read face flies are quite a bit bigger than this one.