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Welcome to HRS

Welcome to the Hoverfly Recording Scheme

The hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) are a family of attractive and familiar flies that we all see visiting flowers. Gardeners welcome them because many of the black-and-yellow striped species have larvae which prey on greenfly and bacause of their important role in pollination.

The National Recording Scheme, launched in 1976, aims to collate information about their ecology and distribution.

On this web site you can find:

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Leucozona laternaria by conopid

Leucozona laternaria feeding on Angelica flowers, Eastridge Wood, Shropshire
Posted by conopid

List of hoverflies for your postcode
Enter the first part of your postcode:   
For example, if your postcode is "AA3 1YZ", you should enter "AA3".

News
Announcement: A new hoverfly book
Posted: Roger K.A. Morris @ Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:54 pm
Revised news (11 Jan 2009)

We have made useful progress but the ideas have changed a bit. We now intend to produce two books; a fairly simple one that is aimed at novices interested in gardens and urban parks, and the other a full-scale WILDguide...

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Announcement: Downtime!
Posted: stuart @ Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:40 pm
Sorry! This site was not available for some days.

I was away when the renewal notification arrived for the domain name "hoverfly.org.uk", it expired and was suspended. All sorted now for another two years ...

Stuart

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