Post #1182525
2026-04-10 14:46 UTC
@Broadfork put me on to this a while back and it got my attention. The idea is to provide "Hoverfly Lagoons" to help support those Hoverfly species that have aquatic larvae. I did a little checking and one of our most common species HERE, the Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) DOES have aquatic larvae so I followed this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFprOsoHowE&t=72s
and made a couple to try. Will be watching for mosquitoes too. We'll see...
#Gardening
#Allotment
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#Zone6b
#Pollinators
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@Broadfork@mastodon.green 2026-04-10 14:56
@richrollgardener They look fabulous! Good luck with these. I hope you have hoverflies galore. Mine are starting to get a little more funky about a month in.