Claim · #6495611
Syrphidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“hover flies”
- Source
- Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources
- Authors
- Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- ATTRA / National Center for Appropriate Technology IP125
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Syrphid larvae are well-known aphid predators; classic biocontrol relationship.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidophagous syrphid larvae predation on Aphidoidea is textbook entomology.”
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