Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are four guarantees for summertime in Indiana: Heat, humidity, sweat and hoverflies. The first three are easy to explain.

Villages can support many pollinators. simple spaces like gardens, parks, and wild plants provide food and nesting sites for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Being outside in Indiana this time of year is usually fine — unless you're swatting away buzzing insects. "Because the corn is ...

Although they look like bees, they are a type of fly engaging in Batesian mimicry, a type of identity theft that’s done to fool predators. To tell whether it’s a fly or a bee, a closer look shows ...

If you live in the Miami Valley and have been outdoors lately, chances are you have been swatting hover or syrphid flies. They are not the same as sweat bees. In 2018, as I was preparing to drive to a ...

Hoverflies use the sun and their body clock to help them navigate when they fly south for the winter, new research shows. In the mornings the insects keep the sun on their left, and then gradually ...

Hoverfly larvae are small, tapered maggots that crawl over foliage and help kill insect pests. Black-and-yellow-striped adults resemble yellow jackets but are harmless to humans. This article is part ...

Hoverflies use a combination of the sun and their body clock to help direct them when flying south for the winter, new research shows. Findings show the insects keep the sun on their left in the ...

More than a third of hoverflies, a key pollinator of crops, are under threat of extinction in Europe, a new assessment has warned. The analysis from the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...

There are four guarantees for summertime in Indiana: Heat, humidity, sweat and hoverflies. The first three are easy to explain. Here's a look at the fourth. You may also know hoverflies by another ...