This summer, Bill and I have been inundated with little fast moving, yellow-tinged flies that people have for years called “sweat bees.” Well, this article sets the record straight. Hover flies (Episyrphus balteatus), also known as flower flies, sweat bees or flies, are members of the Syriphidae (syrphids) classification of flies belonging to Diptera family, meaning they have two wings as all flies do. Adults feed on pollen and nectar from all kinds of flowers, but the larvae, called maggots, are voracious predators of aphids, caterpillars, leafhoppers, plant hoppers, mealy bugs and thrips, to mention only a few. They are so efficient at eating, they can be purchased commercially. Each lar
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