Crazy Cool Fly! Garden Friend

'Predator' might sound a little straightforward and kind-- I won't go into it here, but if you want a bit of a horror story, look up the life cycle of Tachinid flies. They are considered beneficial insects since they consume some others that might cause trouble (caterpillars of certain sorts for example) but they don't just hunt them, it's about the larvae.... The adults mostly feed on nectar from flowers and manage to look both pretty and scary while doing it- I think they are super cool! Sounds like a gentle life, visiting flowers, but there is the little matter of where - or on whom!- they lay their eggs... This species is Hystricia abrupta, sometimes called Bee-like Tachinid Fly; to me there is very little Bee-like about it but perhaps to some predators or potential victims the generally orangey hairy look is enough to make it seem like a bee. This was my first sighting (same plant over a couple of days in September)of this species, hoping eggs were laid and I get to see them aga