Claim · #6495977
Phacelia tanacetifolia · pollen provision · Syrphidae (family)
pollen provision · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phacelia tanacetifolia ... a good source of pollen for syrphids”
- 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
“Phacelia tanacetifolia is a canonical syrphid attractant; syrphid larvae predating aphids is well-documented tritrophic relationship.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Phacelia is a documented pollen source for adult Syrphidae whose larvae are aphid predators; standard conservation biocontrol.”
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