I have been looking after a chilli plant for one of my granddaughters and, having persuaded it to come into bloom, I have noticed that some of the flowers are dropping off.
I learnt from a chilli-growing web site that this might be due to the absence of pollination by insects or the wind so, if the weather is good enough I will put it out in a sheltered place in the fresh air.
Today there were two insects running about on the leaves, though not visiting flowers. One was a very small, black hoverfly, the other a shining black sepsid fly frantically waving its wings as sepsids do.
