We love our beautiful garden flowers and plants, and so do numerous pesky pests such as leafhoppers, aphids, and many more that want to munch on their stems and leaves.
Often dubbed as syrphid flies or flower flies, hoverflies can be found throughout the world, except in Antarctica, and are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers.
However, hoverflies are your friends, because even though they drink nectar from flowers, they help control several different pests in your garden including caterpillars, cabbage worms, mealybugs, and aphids.
So, you really don’t need to know how to get rid of hoverflies!