Syrphid flies are helpful pollinators, second only behind our bee friends. Like bees, they collect pollen from flowers on their legs and parts of their bodies, inadvertently transferring it as ...

A tiny syrphid fly, also known as a hover fly, rest on a leaf in Bremerton, Washington, in this photo from 2020. Which flying insects will sting? Once again, hoverflies can't sting.

But nearly 35 percent were made by flies, most of which were syrphid flies, black-and-yellow bee-impersonating flies commonly called hoverflies. Olsson also observed other insects—such as wasps, ...

Hover (syrphid or flower) flies What they do: The adult fly is a pollinator, while the larvae are predators that will eat up to 60 aphids a day. They also relish young caterpillars and mealybugs.

Many species of amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles prey extensively on insects. Predatory beetles, flies, lacewings, true bugs (Order Hemiptera), and wasps feed on various pest insects or mites.

Hover fly (Syrphid fly) larvae: Purdue entomologist Elizabeth Long recently wrote that hover fly adults are often mistaken for bees, given their black and yellow coloring. “Adult hover flies are ...

These flowers support insects with small mouthparts, including parasitoid wasps, small native bees, lacewings, and syrphid flies – all excellent natural enemies of cucumber pests and a few that ...