Claim · #6495797
Syrphidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“syrphid larvae feed on aphids”
- Source
- Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
- Authors
- Dufour R.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- ATTRA / NCAT Pest Management Systems Guide
- Page
- 33
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Syrphid larvae are well-known aphidophagous predators in cereals; Phacelia floral resources support adult hoverflies — classic conservation biocontrol.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Hoverfly larvae (Syrphidae) preying on aphids correctly stage-specified; adults are floral, larvae predaceous — direction and roles accurate.”
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