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The larvae of syrphid flies, also called flower or hover flies, feed on soft-bodied insects like aphids, white flies, and small caterpillars, as well as insect eggs.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
Late spring, after threat of frost has passed Dill is a fabulous garden plant, providing flavorful foliage and seeds for kitchen use, as well as vibrant blooms beloved by predatory wasps, lacewings, and syrphid flies.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
Flower flies, also known as syrphid flies, are one group using such mimicry.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023
This pest has insufficient enemies in the garden, although minute pirate bugs and the larvae of the lacewing and syrphid fly are predators.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
The insect to me looks like a syrphid fly larvae that is eating aphids.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2022
Minute pirate bugs and the larvae of the lacewing and syrphid fly do attack them, but in our gardens right now, chilli thrips are pests without sufficient enemies.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
Also look for evidence of natural enemies, such as lady beetles, lacewings and syrphid fly larvae.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
Late spring, after threat of frost has passed Dill is a fabulous garden plant, providing flavorful foliage and seeds for kitchen use, as well as vibrant blooms beloved by predatory wasps, lacewings, and syrphid flies.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 June 2024
Flower flies, also known as syrphid flies, are one group using such mimicry.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023
This pest has insufficient enemies in the garden, although minute pirate bugs and the larvae of the lacewing and syrphid fly are predators.
—Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
The insect to me looks like a syrphid fly larvae that is eating aphids.
—oregonlive, 11 June 2022
Minute pirate bugs and the larvae of the lacewing and syrphid fly do attack them, but in our gardens right now, chilli thrips are pests without sufficient enemies.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
Also look for evidence of natural enemies, such as lady beetles, lacewings and syrphid fly larvae.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
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“Syrphid fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/syrphid%20fly. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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