Curious creature thrives in the wet

Updated May 2 2019 - 2:19pm, first published 1:35pm
GOOD WATERING: The adult soldier flies emerge after autumn rains.
GOOD WATERING: The adult soldier flies emerge after autumn rains.

We spotted this bug recently at Kinglake. It is roughly bee-size, and we found several of them, but not all in the same place. They were mostly in the dirt. C.G. and E.M., Beaufort.

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