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A syrphid fly, also known as a hover fly, hovers over a flower. Syrphid fly larvae eat aphids and mealybugs, and the adults are pollinators. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, courtesy UC ANR.

The syrphid fly larva are what eat the aphids. They are slug like maggots, usually green or tan, wide at the rear and taper gradually toward the head. ...

Syrphid flies are helpful pollinators, ... One larva can consume up to 400 aphids, making a significant difference for many crops as an eco-friendly pest control method.

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 ...

As larvae, they consume many pests in the garden including aphids and mealybugs. This is great news for your garden. Syrphid flies can produce several generations within one season, with each ...

Each larva can consume up to 400 aphids during development, “when syrphid larvae are abundant, they may reduce aphid populations by 70-90%,” according to the Cornell Hover Fly Bio Control Fact ...

Learn to identify beneficial insects such as lady beetle adults and larvae, lacewing larvae, soldier beetles and syrphid fly larvae, and scout for them. If present, ...

Syrphid fly adults hover over flowers and feed on nectar. The light green slug-like larva feeds voraciously by lifting each aphid and sucking it dry. Each larva can consume up to 400 aphids in the ...