The conservation status of "B. ambulans" has not been evaluated yet. The Albany Pitcher Plant is classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN. Its numbers are declining, mainly due to habitat destruction and collecting for horticulture (though there is by now a good supply of culture-grown plants, which are also far easier to maintain than those collected from the wild). The Albany Pitcher Plant prefers somewhat moister habitat than the fairly arid locations where adult "B. ambulans" have been collected. Thus, either that the adult flies are more mobile than their winglessness suggests, able to walk for prolonged distances, and consequently more resilient to local extinctions of the Albany Pitcher Plant. On the other hand, the flies might be restricted to the dry spectrum of the plant's habitat, making them more localized and consequently even more threatened than the plant is.