destroy crops, and hoverfly maggots are often used in biological control. That includes one of the most common widespread hoverfly species, Episyrphus...

Hoverfly". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved: 25 July 2016. Gunston 2005, p. 88. Mondey 2005, p. 29. "Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly"...

In Royal Air Force and Royal Navy service, it was named the Hoverfly II. The R-6/Hoverfly II was developed to improve on the successful Sikorsky R-4....

Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout...

Sphaerophoria scripta, the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae. This species has a worldwide distribution. It can...

XR-1 (experimental helicopter) Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general helicopter) Sikorsky YR-4B "Hoverfly", version of R-4, known as HNS-1 in Navy service...

usage: the Western wood-vase hoverfly and the Moccas hoverfly Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification...

Melangyna viridiceps is an Australian hoverfly, known as the common hover fly. It is one of the two most common hoverflies in Australia, alongside Simosyrphus...

Ferdinandea is a genus of syrphid flies or hoverflies in the family Syrphidae. There are about 16 described species in Ferdinandea. These 16 species belong...

Callicera spinolae, also known as the ivy hoverfly or golden hoverfly, is a species of syrphid fly within the genus Callicera and family Syrphidae. It...

with many hoverflies resembling bees and wasps, ants and some species of tephritid fruit fly resembling spiders. Some species of hoverfly are myrmecophilous—their...

Chrysotoxum octomaculatum, the broken-banded wasp-hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly within the genus Chrysotoxum and family Syrphidae. It has been placed...

Hoverfly at work...

Kent (November 2011). "Floral resources enhance aphid suppression by the hoverfly Eupeodes fumipennis". Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2011...

Eupeodes americanus, the American hoverfly, is found throughout North America and inhabits meadows, and fields with flowers and foliage. Adults feed on...

Baccha is a genus of hoverflies in the subfamily Syrphinae. They are typically moderate sized with wasp-like bodies. Their larvae are predatory, often...

sometimes referred to as the Batman hoverfly, is a very common European and North African species of hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May...

Hoverfly at work...

Melanostoma scalare, the chequered hoverfly, is a very common species of hoverfly. The European Melanostoma species are not well understood at present...

Doros is a genus of hoverflies. They are large slender flies, that mimic solitary wasp in slow flight. They have very limited flight period. Doros aequalis...

Syrphid hoverfly misdirects predators by mimicking a wasp, but has no sting....

Melangyna novaezelandiae (commonly referred to as the "large hoverfly") is a hoverfly endemic to New Zealand. It is a generalized pollinator of a large...

A hoverfly of the subgenus Eristalis (Eoseristalis)...

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predators into avoiding them. In Batesian mimicry, edible species, such as of hoverflies (the mimics), gain a survival advantage by resembling inedible species...

Melanogaster (fungus), a genus of false truffles Melanogaster (fly), a genus of hoverflies Species: Drosophila melanogaster, a species of fruit fly, widespread and...

largest producer of helicopters in the U.S. during the war by making the A Hoverfly II, the most advanced helicopter design of the war. Other wartime products...

airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved 31 May 2024. Francillon 1997 "Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Day, Dwayne A. "Igor Sikorsky...

of salacious or exotic narrative Milesia (fly), a genus of very large hoverflies This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Milesians...

commercially managed hives of honey bees. The analysis of 353 wild bee and hoverfly species across Britain from 1980 to 2013 found the insects have been lost...