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What does hoverfly mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
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Unknown in the UK until 2004, they are not plant pests but they feed on native ladybirds and other good guys like lacewings and hoverfly.
The hornet hoverfly, the bush cricket, the Essex skipper butterfly they're all moving up into the Midlands.
Thrushes, ladybirds, dragonflies, spiders and hoverfly larvae will snack on aphids, snails and other pests, saving you time, work and money.
Some, such as Hoverfly and Wasp larvae, are voracious predators of garden pests, including large quantities of Aphids.
Bees will pollinate crops such as beans, peas, apples, raspberries, strawberries and pears, while hoverfly larvae help control pests such as greenfly and blackfly.
Natural enemies of greenflies are ladybird larvae, hoverfly larvae, gall-fly larvae, lacewings and earwigs.

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