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.

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 ...

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...