Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...
while the predaceous hoverfly larvae feed on mealybugs and other sap-sucking pests. Hoverfly larvae are active during the ...
Hoverflies pollinate our countryside and control garden pests as their larvae eat more than 100 aphids each. An estimated 1 billion to 4 billion hoverflies migrate every year, unnoticed ...
Captive breeding pine hoverflies, an important pollinator, takes place in a small wooden shed, with the larvae held in empty jars. When they turn into pupae, they are transferred into hummus pots.
Critically endangered pine hoverflies have been found to be breeding ... But experts have discovered larvae in previously unoccupied tree stumps - the creature's favourite habitat - suggesting ...