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.

A good starting point is to find out which insects are living in your garden now. Grab a small magnifying glass and a insect identification book and see what's there, the Fine Gardening website says.

As part of our most recent project, my colleagues and I caught 172 insects from 13 species of hoverflies and nine species of wasps and bees, and brought them into a soundproofed recording studio.

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 ...

Migratory hoverflies are 'key' to pollination and controlling crop pests amid the decline of many other insect species, new research shows.

Hoverflies that hibernated as adults are beginning to emerge on warm sunny days to feed. Marmalade has a distinctive orange-yellow colour and it comes in a number of varieties to suit individual ...