Hover Fly Information Plants That Attract Hover Flies To The Garden

Plants that attract hover flies include fragrant herbs such as: Oregano. Garlic chives. Sweet alyssum.

What plants attract hover flies?
How do I attract hoverflies to my garden?
What are the hovering insects in my garden?
Do Hoverflies eat plants?
Are hover flies good for your garden?
Why do hover flies land on you?
What plants attract good bugs?
What insects does lavender attract?
How do you stop hover flies?
Are lacewings good for your garden?
Which insect does not harm plants?
What insect works as a natural pest control?

What plants attract hover flies?

Plants that attract hoverﬂies:

Achillea ﬁlipendulina — Fern-leaf yarrow.
Achillea millefolium — Common yarrow.
Ajuga reptans — Carpet bugleweed.
Allium tanguticum — Lavender globe lily.
Alyssum saxatilis — Basket of Gold.
Anethum graveolens — Dill.
Hoverfly larva. ...
Aster alpinus — Dwarf alpine aster.

How do I attract hoverflies to my garden?

Many annual flowers attract hoverflies, including sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons. Syrphid flies also like the little blooms of buckwheat and most herbs, especially catnip, oregano and late-blooming garlic chives.

What are the hovering insects in my garden?

One of the most useful insects for the gardener is the hoverfly. Hoverflies float over the garden in warm weather, drinking nectar and ingesting pollen. They lay single eggs, shaped like oval rugby balls, close to colonies of aphids.

Do Hoverflies eat plants?

Unlike adults, the maggots of hoverflies feed on a variety of foods; some are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant or animal matter, while others are insectivores, eating aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

Are hover flies good for your garden?

Hover flies are true flies, but they look like small bees or wasps. They are the helicopters of the insect world, often seen hovering in the air, darting a short distance, and then hovering again. These beneficial insects are valuable tools in the fight against aphids, thrips, scale insects and caterpillars.

Why do hover flies land on you?

Hover flies often swarm around people and even land on them, presumably looking for moisture and salts on our skin. These small flies are bright yellow and black in color and are often confused with sweat bees or a yellow jacket wasps but rest assured that these are flies and not bees. ... Flies cannot sting.

What plants attract good bugs?

Below you'll find a list of some of the best plants for beneficial insects.

Achillea millefolium – yarrow.
Ammi majus – laceflower.
Anethum graveolens – dill.
Angelica species – angelica.
Baccharis species – baccharis.
Boltonia asteroides – boltonia.
Coreopsis species – tickseed.
Cosmos bipinnatus – cosmos.

What insects does lavender attract?

Lavender.

About the only insects you see around lavender are bees. They love the flowers, but other bugs stay away. Lavender has a pleasant scent that comes from the essential oils in the leaves of the plant, but the bugs hate it.

How do you stop hover flies?

Eucalyptus oil has been shown to be a natural repellent. You can place drops of the oil on strips of paper or fabric and place them near doors and windows so the hoverflies don't come in and are tempted to fly out. You can also tempt them with a vinegar and water mixture, where the hoverflies will drown.

Are lacewings good for your garden?

The green lacewing (Chrysoperla sp.) is a common beneficial insect found in the landscape. They are a generalist predator best known for feeding on aphids, but will also control mites and other soft-bodied insects such as caterpillars, leafhoppers, mealybugs and whiteflies. ... They are typically night flying insects.

Which insect does not harm plants?

The Praying Mantis is often referred to as an efficient exterminator. A young praying mantis eats soft-bodied creatures such as aphids, mosquitoes and caterpillars. When mature, it can eat beetles, grasshoppers, crickets and just about any garden pest.

What insect works as a natural pest control?

Aphid lions (the larvae of the lacewing) have a hooked jaw that helps them dispatch huge numbers of aphids, caterpillars, mites and other pests.