This study highlights the potential of urban dry grasslands for diverse pollinator communities wild bees and hoverflies, including rare endangered species. By using pan trap sampling on 49 sites distributed across environment, responses bee hoverfly to features at two spatial scales (urban matrix local habitat) were examined. A total 1246 individuals (Syrphidae) from 31 species 1463 (Apoidea) 1...

Urban and peri-urban forests are important habitats for maintaining biodiversity in cities. In this paper, we report a method using hoverflies as indicators urban forest habitats. As case study, three were assessed compared to rural Slovenia. Rožnik (Ljubljana) was chosen the site, Mestni log Brdo (Kranj) sites, eight sites different ecoregions Forest hoverfly species richness composition of bi...

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are a major economic problem in numerous crops, including pepper, melon, and potato. Larvae of the American hoverfly, Eupeodes americanus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Syrphidae), common aphidophagous natural enemies agrosystems North America. The objective present study was to characterize development cycle E. order evaluate its potential as biocontrol agent. cycle, survi...

Syrphidae are pollinators, pest predators and decomposers in European ecosystems. Camprodon (Girona province, Spain) is a valley with rich vegetation high habitat diversity the eastern Pyrenees. However, hoverfly biodiversity this was poorly known. To explore potential of area for Syrphidae, survey hand-net undertaken July/August 2020 valley. The list species from increases to 88, whilst that G...

(1) Background: Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino (Liliaceae) is a forest perennial herb distributed in East Asia. Although flower visitors for this plant species have been well reported, their contribution to pollination remains unknown. (2) Methods: We evaluated of C. flowers natural cool temperate forest. investigated visiting frequency, the number pollen grains per body surface, fruit s...