Claim · #6495948
Syrphidae (family) · biocontrol · Aphidoidea (superfamily)
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“larvae of some species feed on... aphids”
- Source
- Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination
- Authors
- Rader R., Bartomeus I., Garibaldi L.A., Garratt M.P.D., Howlett B.G., Winfree R., Cunningham S.A., Mayfield M.M., et al.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Syrphid larvae as aphid predators is a textbook biocontrol relationship.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Syrphidae larvae (Syrphinae) are well-known aphidophagous predators in cultivated systems.”
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