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 ...

Using unconventional methods, the researchers showed just how good birds are at distinguishing wasp mimics from the real ...

Experts from the University of Nottingham have created life-size 3D-printed insect models to explore how some species trick ...

A tiny syrphid fly, also known as a hover fly, rest on a leaf in Bremerton, Washington, in this photo from 2020. Which flying insects will sting? Once again, hoverflies can't sting.

Scientists used 3D-printed insect models to study how disguises help harmless species fool predators and survive in the wild.

Be aware of insects getting ready for winter. While hoverflies aren't a problem, sweat bees, yellow jackets and other types of wasps are currently looking for food sources wherever they can find ...

Hover fly (Syrphid fly) larvae: Purdue entomologist Elizabeth Long recently wrote that hover fly adults are often mistaken for bees, given their black and yellow coloring. “Adult hover flies are ...

Hoverflies, like other flies, have a single pair of wings, whereas most other flying insects have two pairs. They also move differently to other insects, zigzagging and hovering around plants and ...