Hoverfly (also known as Flower Fly or Syrphid Fly)

Gardens, meadows, and agricultural fields where nectar-producing flowers are present.

Adults feed primarily on nectar and pollen; larvae of many species are predatory, eating aphids and other soft-bodied pests.

Notable for their ability to hover in one place and then dart quickly to another; they mimic the appearance and behavior of wasps or bees to deter predators.

They provide significant benefits as major pollinators and as biological control agents in gardens through the predatory behavior of their larvae; they do not sting and are harmless to humans.