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I was wondering if anyone had a possible explanation for this.I have Googled it but no answer.
I was awoken at 6.10 this morning by very heavy rain The overnight temperature was 21C so the bedroom windows were open which is why I heard the rain. It was still dark. I went to the bathroom and put the light on at which point several hoverflies started buzzing around . Others were sitting on the walls ,the ceiling, the mirror and the glass door and the glass screen and door of the shower. I counted 27. One or two flew at me and hit my head. I know they don't sting so I wasn't concerned. They weren't there at 11.30 the previous evening. The bathroom window is oblong and wasn't open that much..about 3". What could have induced so many into the bathroom ? The very heavy rain ? Having said that they may have been there all night. There was no light on upstairs so they weren't drawn in by a light as a moth might be so how did they find the window ? It's white PVC so maybe they'd see it. Why were't they in their nests at night ?
So...I opened the window fully and waited a few minutes hoping they'd go out. They didn't. I got a tumbler and placed it over each one and as soon as it crawled half-way down the glass I withdrew it and clamped my hand over the top and reached out of the window to release it. I have to say I was a bit worried I'd drop the tumbler as I reached out of the window and shook it to get the hoverfly out. Two of them flew straight back in It took me 20 minutes to get each one out of the window as dawn broke. After Googling I found out they don't fly in the dark. I hope they were ok because I also found out that they have very short lives..up to 12 days.. so they would't want to be spending a lot of their time in our bathroom By the way, at 7.15 my wife went downstairs to the kitchen to get a cuppa and told me that there were two on the PVC windowsill. I just opened the window and shoo'd them out. Maybe they have a nest nearby.
I was awoken at 6.10 this morning by very heavy rain The overnight temperature was 21C so the bedroom windows were open which is why I heard the rain. It was still dark. I went to the bathroom and put the light on at which point several hoverflies started buzzing around . Others were sitting on the walls ,the ceiling, the mirror and the glass door and the glass screen and door of the shower. I counted 27. One or two flew at me and hit my head. I know they don't sting so I wasn't concerned. They weren't there at 11.30 the previous evening. The bathroom window is oblong and wasn't open that much..about 3". What could have induced so many into the bathroom ? The very heavy rain ? Having said that they may have been there all night. There was no light on upstairs so they weren't drawn in by a light as a moth might be so how did they find the window ? It's white PVC so maybe they'd see it. Why were't they in their nests at night ?
So...I opened the window fully and waited a few minutes hoping they'd go out. They didn't. I got a tumbler and placed it over each one and as soon as it crawled half-way down the glass I withdrew it and clamped my hand over the top and reached out of the window to release it. I have to say I was a bit worried I'd drop the tumbler as I reached out of the window and shook it to get the hoverfly out. Two of them flew straight back in It took me 20 minutes to get each one out of the window as dawn broke. After Googling I found out they don't fly in the dark. I hope they were ok because I also found out that they have very short lives..up to 12 days.. so they would't want to be spending a lot of their time in our bathroom By the way, at 7.15 my wife went downstairs to the kitchen to get a cuppa and told me that there were two on the PVC windowsill. I just opened the window and shoo'd them out. Maybe they have a nest nearby.