Syrphid Fly!Family Syrphidae
As I am starting to go though my samples, I am finding these flies stuck all over my sticky cards. These organisms are incredibly important when it comes to providing biological and ecosystem services. Not only are the adults important pollinators in agricultural settings, but their larvae provide a valuable bio-control service by preying on aphids.
They may look like bees, and even buzz like bees, but they are flies (notice the single pair of wings), and they do not bite or sting.
They may look like bees, and even buzz like bees, but they are flies (notice the single pair of wings), and they do not bite or sting.
We are learning so much from your insect of the week post.
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