Examples of 'hoverflies' in a sentence
Meaning of "hoverflies"
In English, 'hoverfly' refers to a type of harmless fly that resembles a small bee and is known for hovering in one place before darting to another
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- plural of hoverfly
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Hoverflies are important pollinators of flowering plants worldwide.
I did not know that hoverflies were carnivores.
Harmless hoverflies are an example of a species that exhibits mimicry.
Argentinomyia is a small genus of hoverflies.
The size of hoverflies varies depending on the species.
One of these are the hoverflies.
These hoverflies usually inhabit meadows close to forests.
Syrphus is a genus of hoverflies.
Another is that hoverflies and bees have very different eye structures.
Didea is a genus of hoverflies.
Often hoverflies are considered to be the second most important pollinators after wild bees.
Blera is a genus of hoverflies.
The honeybees and hoverflies were a major group of pollinators explaining the turnip rape yield.
However little is known about the ecology and behavior of neotropical hoverflies.
Bee diseases have been detected in hoverflies for the first time.
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Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica.
Chrysogaster is a genus of small hoverflies in the subfamily Eristalinae.
Brachyopa pilosa is a European species of hoverflies.
These rather uncommon hoverflies are the largest among the European species.
The Eumerini is a tribe of hoverflies.
These large distinctive hoverflies have sparse, fine light hair.
The Bacchini are a tribe of hoverflies.
The plant attracts butterflies, hoverflies and bees, which encourages pollination naturally.
The flowers are pollinated by insects, especially hoverflies.
In addition to being excellent pollinators, hoverflies lay their eggs in aphid colonies.
Hoverflies are very common in almost all countries, especially the tropical and temperate zones.
Similarly, it attracts ladybirds and hoverflies.
Insects such as bees, moths and hoverflies pollinate around a third of the crops grown worldwide.
The leaves attract aphids, and also the ladybirds and hoverflies that feed on them.
Hoverflies of Northwest Europe, identification keys to the Syrphidae.
A familiar example is the resemblance of harmless hoverflies ( which have no sting ) to bees.
Migratory hoverflies ‘key' as many insects decline.
The early stages of three Palaearctic species of saproxylic hoverflies Syrphidae, Diptera.
Despite this, hoverflies are harmless.
Gardeners, therefore, sometimes use companion plants to attract hoverflies.
Britain 's largest hoverflies - the genus Volucella.
The Milesiini ( or Xylotini ) is a large and diverse tribe of hoverflies.
There are some 6000 species of hoverflies across the world, many of which look incredibly similar.
Their closest living relatives are the Syrphoidea, which, for example, contain the hoverflies.
The Brachyopini ( or Chrysogastrini ) is a tribe of hoverflies.
