destroy crops, and hoverfly maggots are often used in biological control. This includes one of the most common widespread hoverfly species, Episyrphus...
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Sikorsky R-4 (redirect from HNS Hoverfly)
Hoverfly". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved: 25 July 2016. Gunston 2005, p. 88. Mondey 2005, p. 29. "Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly"...
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Sikorsky R-6 (redirect from R-6 Hoverfly II)
In Royal Air Force and Royal Navy service, it was named the Hoverfly II. The R-6/Hoverfly II was developed to improve on the successful Sikorsky R-4....
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Episyrphus balteatus (redirect from Marmalade hoverfly)
Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout...
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Myathropa florea (redirect from Batman hoverfly)
sometimes referred to as the Batman hoverfly, is a very common European and North African species of hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May...
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Sphaerophoria scripta (redirect from Long hoverfly)
Sphaerophoria scripta, the long hoverfly, is a species of hoverfly belonging to the family Syrphidae. This species has a worldwide distribution. It can...
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Myolepta potens (redirect from Moccas Hoverfly)
usage: the Western wood-vase hoverfly and the Moccas hoverfly Stubbs, Alan E. & Falk, Steven J. (1983). British Hoverflies: An Illustrated Identification...
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Melangyna viridiceps (redirect from Common hoverfly)
Melangyna viridiceps is an Australian hoverfly, known as the common hover fly. It is one of the two most common hoverflies in Australia, alongside Simosyrphus...
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XR-1 (experimental helicopter) Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general helicopter) Sikorsky YR-4B "Hoverfly", version of R-4, known as HNS-1 in Navy service...
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Syritta pipiens (redirect from Thick-legged hoverfly)
produce eggs. The name "thick-legged hoverfly" comes from the fly's distinctively broad femora. A thick-legged hoverfly has a wing length ranging between...
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