You know bees are beneficial, but you might not know about another beneficial flying insect. Find out what it is and why you should avoid killing it.

This hover fly, also known as a syrphid fly, can be found in many states including Indiana. Although they look somewhat like a sweat bee or the larger yellow jacket wasp, these flies do not sting.

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 ...

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 ...

The flowers, a sign that the tested plants were able to invest more resources in reproductive tissues, were also more frequently visited by insect pollinators, like syrphid flies and honey bees.

Curious about which insects help your lawn instead of hurting it? This guide covers all of the most beneficial bugs for your yard and garden.

they're syrphid flies. So there's lots of flies that look a little bit like a bee, but you can tell that they're a fly 'cause they only have one pair of wings. Their hind wings are modified ...

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

A field study was established whereby insectary plants, those attractive to beneficial insects like syrphid flies, were established in 3x6ft plots in the states of Connecticut, New Hampshire, and ...

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 ...