Syrphid flies are also known as hover or flower flies. Some adult flies can mimic bees. The larval stage is an important early and late-season aphid predator. A single larva can feed on dozens of ...

A Texas Standard listener wanted to know more about hover flies – also sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies because they’re in the family Syrphidae – particularly why they buzz like a bee.

Partial migration, where a proportion of a population migrates, while other individuals remain resident, is widespread across most migratory lineages. However, the mechanisms driving individual ...

The 'M' can look thick, thin or even broken in appearance. The immature larvae are alligator-like and appear similar to other lady beetle larvae. Larvae are blue to black with two orange stripes, and ...