What Are Shallots? Shallots look like a cross between a garlic bulb and a red onion, but what exactly are they? Shallots are ...

"Shallots are smaller than onions, are more oblong, and have more of a bulb-like appearance similar to garlic," Brekke says. "I like to think of a shallot as a hybrid between an onion and garlic." ...

Onion fly - onions are particularly prone to this larval fly but shallots, leeks and garlic may also be attacked. The larvae eat the roots of the bulbs and may burrow into them in late summer.