Not just bees and butterflies: Beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature's unsung pollinators
About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...
10 things you didn’t know about hoverflies
You can attract hoverflies by planting open, easily accessible flowers. In spring, they’ll be drawn to aubrieta. I ...
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Wild about Gardens campaign asks us all to become hoverfly heroes
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and The Wildlife Trusts are calling on gardeners across the country to help save hoverflies. This fly family is the second most significant pollinator after bees ...
Gardening initiative aims to save hoverfly from extinction
Northumberland Wildlife Trust and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are urging North East gardeners to help protect hoverflies, ...
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Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators
Hover flies are potential pollinators of several native plants. The larvae of many common hover fly species prey on pest insects such as aphids, and so play an important role in controlling pest ...