Shoo away gently. This is your friend times two. The syrphid fly, commonly known as a flower fly or hover fly, feeds on nectar and ... Garden Q&A: Hover flies Share this: Click to share on ...

Hover fly larvae are beneficial to garden crops by eating pests including aphids. While hover flies do NOT sting and are completely harmless, ...

To head off cases of pests doing more serious harm, here are 10 buggy action options: Do your homework to pick naturally ...

Unfortunately, hover flies have very short life spans, often up to one month as adults, which makes protecting them critical. If you see hover flies in your garden, let them be. Instead of ...

Three of Florida’s beneficial garden insects are types of flies: the Damselfly, the Hover Fly, and the Mydas Fly. Below is a short description of each and their benefits.

Hover flies (aka syrphid flies or flower flies) are covering any nectar-producing flower in the garden this spring. These flies, commonly mistaken for bees, are one of our most prolific ...

Remember, not all that crawls or flies is a pest. Many bugs are harmless or beneficial, i.e. lady beetles, hover flies, lacewings and others that eat the “bad bugs.” ...

To do this, set aside a border of your garden for plants that will provide nectar, pollen, foliage and shelter. Skip to main content Spokane, Washington Est. May 19, 1883 ...

The garden is in full swing, ... Syrphid flies, also known as hover flies or flower flies, look like small wasps with a black-and-yellow or white-striped abdomen.

While hiking on Mount Monadnock this summer, I witnessed an odd phenomenon: nearly-motionless hovering insects with orange-yellow stripes over a dark body… ...