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Farm Photo:
(Possibly) World's Largest Hover Fly!
July 25, 2008
Photo by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
I snapped this photo of a huge syrphid fly in my garden - I heard it coming from very far away! It is foraging on Mexican sunflower (Tithonia sp.), dwarfing a tiny sweat bee (Halictid sp.). Syrphid flies, also called flower flies or hover flies, are pollinators and also considered beneficial because the larval stage preys on aphids. |
This page last updated August 25, 2008.
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