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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: syrphid fly
Flies are Pollinators!
![Adult syrphid fly [J.K.Clark] Adult syrphid fly [J.K.Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/32516small.jpg)
Will all the pollinators please stand up! Or do a fly-by like the Blue Angels or a crawl-by like babies competing in a diaper derby. Bees--there are more than 4000 of them in North America--are the main pollinators, but don't overlook butterflies,...
National Pollinator Week: How IPM helps pollinators

June 15-21 is National Pollinator Week, a time to highlight the crucial role that pollinators play in producing food for our nation. Something you may not know about pollinators is that many of them, including beetles, flies, and wasps, are also...