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Talkback: Hoverfly puparia

Reply to Heavy HorseThank you for your support. That fiver will be in the post as promised. Well I really enjoyed this post. Hoverflies are fascinating little critters and come in so many shapes and sizes. There are some amazing bumble bee mimics by HeavyHorse

28/11/2011 18:40:18

by fuzzy felt

Talkback: Hornets and hoverflies

"The Belted Hoverfly." A friend of mine in France was recently badly stung by the Asiatic hornet Volucella velutina, a recent import, which may well soon arrive in UK and whose chief occupation is killing honeybees. It should be looked out by Ruth H

28/11/2011 18:36:45

by Barbara

Talkback: Sunflowers and hoverflies

but it was beautiful while it lasted and at over two metres had to be tied to a drainpipe. But the bush that gets hundreds, perhaps thousands of hoverfly visitors in my garden is the Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis, which I love,leaves mixed with mint as a tea by Mo

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28/11/2011 18:44:01

by mooncarrot

Talkback: Seed catalogues

as well as attracting large numbers of bees and hoverflies. You are very lucky! I've not received the first seed catalogue but expected to within the next week. I'll just have to hope the mailman doesn't keep them all to himself. by Dorothea Otte

28/11/2011 18:30:29

by Jenny P

Loveage

year - just watch how the hoverflies love the flowers by Moonlit Hare

28/10/2012 16:48:28

by Dovefromabove

Plants for narrow border

problem in the way that wasps might be. You'd get lovely perfume and butterflies too. I once planted a border along the path in my back garden with lavender. It attracted many bees and also hoverflies. I went to the line with a basket of washing one day by Berkley

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27/02/2013 10:34:25

by elydavid

bee flies

discovered that they are in fact flies and are parasitic on solitary bees and wasps and beetles. fortunately they don't sting. Has anyone else seen these? Hoverflies? http://syrphidae.3644.co.uk/ Bee flies 'bombyliidae' often seen around primroses in early by LM

07/05/2013 18:04:05

by Tootsietim

Talkback: Ladybirds

will be rat-tailed maggots - they're Hoverfly larvae (Eristalis sp.) and eat decaying organic matter in stagnant water - absolutely nothing to worry about! onehappy person - rimo is right they're rat-tailed maggots. They're not so pretty now, but if you leave by Row

28/11/2011 18:43:47

by AB

Bees Are Already Buzzing!!

bee is very encouraging. I had the largest number of bees and hoverflies in my garden last year than I've ever had. The bees especially loved the 'early bird' dahlias and the hoverflies went wild for the lilies. I saw my first bee last week by donutsmrs

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03/03/2012 19:37:39

by Dragonrider

Talkback: Yarrow

such as bees and hoverflies. Good stuff. by jegpad

17/05/2012 18:14:53

by obelixx

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