Migrating hoverflies as potential food source for co-migrating insectivorous birds [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceMost migrating birds must replenish energy reserves during migration. Food availability significantly influences migratory routes and can even force migrants to detour, but still little is known about potential co-migration between insectivorous birds ...
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Identification of Diverse Bacteriophages Associated with Bees and Hoverflies [PDF]
VirusesBacteriophages are the most numerous, ubiquitous, and diverse biological entities on the planet. Prior studies have identified bacteriophages associated with pathogenic and commensal microbiota of honeybees. In this study we expand on what is known about
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Autumnal migration patterns of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): interannual variability in timing and sex ratio [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background The migration of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) is a well-known phenomenon, with growing interest due to the ecosystem services provided by migrants.
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Insects, 2022 Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) and bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) are two key taxa for plant pollination. In the present research, the altitudinal distribution of these taxa was studied along two gradients (elevation range: 780–2130 m) in the Dolomiti ...
Daniele Sommaggio +4 more
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Investigating the Spatial Biases and Temporal Trends in Insect Pollinator Occurrence Data on GBIF [PDF]
InsectsResearch in biogeography, ecology, and biodiversity hinges on the availability of comprehensive datasets that detail species distributions and environmental conditions.
Ehsan Rahimi, Chuleui Jung
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Engineering smallholder common bean cropping systems with flowering plants increases hoverfly populations and crop yields [PDF]
Frontiers in Insect ScienceBean aphids are a major constraint to bean production worldwide and are commonly managed through intensive pesticide use. In many farming systems, particularly where crop production is increasingly intensified, reliance on chemical control has reduced ...
Yamikani Kaliwo +7 more
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The hoverflies of the Dauzet collection at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon (Diptera, Syrphidae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalMaurice Dauzet collected hoverflies mainly in Loire and Haute-Loire from 1980 to 2017. Here, we provide the data from his hoverfly collection and card records, in order to support efforts towards a better understanding of the changing distribution of ...
Gabriel Nève +2 more
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Hoverflies: the garden mimics. [PDF]
, 2008 The article offers information on hoverflies, a kind of fly that has bright colours and darting flight. Many of these brightly coloured hoverflies look like bees or wasps, and they use this to protect themselves. Batesian mimicry is where a palatable animal gains protection from resembling a noxious animal so that predators are deceived. Mimicry is far
Edmunds, Malcolm
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Enhanced flight performance in hoverfly migrants. [PDF]
iScienceMany animals undergo seasonal migrations in which they travel long distances aided by variations in morphology, physiology, and behavior. Here, we compare the flight characteristics, measured in a tethered flight mill, of autumn migratory and summer non-migratory morphs of the marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae), an ...
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New data about hoverflies diversity (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) on the Fruška Gora mountain, Serbia [PDF]
Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke, 2002 The hoverflies fauna of the Fruška Gora Mountain is well known on account of long-term investigations conducted on the location (1956-2002). Previously, the list of hoverflies had included 203 species (Vujić and Glumac, 1994). Based on new investigations,
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