Showing posts with label Facts about Hoverflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facts about Hoverflies. Show all posts

Monday, November 3

Facts about Hoverflies Volume 1

Things to know about hoverflies Volume 1.

  1. Hoverflies can be spotted in most habitats; wetlands, meadows, brown-field sites, woodland and their edges, hedges, parks, gardens, coastal, uplands and marshes. Hoverflies are not so good in cold areas of the planet like the poles or in very hot places like deserts, in fact none are known to exist in Antarctica.
    Top Left Garden Top Right Beyond the Garden Gate bottom Left Woodland edge bottom right River habitat

Wednesday, September 17

Facts about hoverflies

Things to know about hoverflies:

     1. Hoverflies are flies meaning they have 2 wings instead of 4 like Bees, Wasps & Ants. The 2nd pair of wings have devolved into club-like structures called halteres that act as a gyroscope. They can even fly backwards as well as hover.

Basic Structure of a hoverfly

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Hoverfly - Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)

Footballer (Helophilus pendulus) Size: 11-15mm Flight: Apr- Oct. Species of the week – 20th September If you have a pond then this hoverfly ...