Your first instinct when you spot a buzzing insect nearby is often to swat at it, but not every bug is a foe. Some are friends and worth a second look. Consider the hover fly, a tiny but mighty bee ...

Being outside in Indiana this time of year is usually fine — unless you're swatting away buzzing insects. "Because the corn is mature right now, you're going to find these (hover) flies," said Megan ...

They may not tweet you or invite you to their Facebook pages, but these five beneficial insects are among your garden’s BFFs: ground beetles, hover flies, ladybugs, parasitic wasps and green lacewings ...

Hoverfly larvae are small, tapered maggots that crawl over foliage and help kill insect pests. Black-and-yellow-striped adults resemble yellow jackets but are harmless to humans. This article is part ...

Migratory hoverflies are "key" to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists studied the movements of ...