Crossword-Solution: SYRPHID
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with SYRPHID (5)
Among the best-known of syrphid flies are the drone-flies (Eristalis), often seen hovering over flowers, and presenting a curious likeness to hairy bees.
The principal enemies of the louse are certain small insect feeding birds, lady-beetles, syrphid-flies, lace-wings and tiny wasp parasites.
The birds and lady-beetles devour them bodily, the larvæ of the lace-wings and syrphid-flies extract their blood while the wasps live as internal parasites.
Besides these, there are other inveterate enemies of the plant-lice in the _Syrphidæ_, which are two-winged flies, resembling the common house-fly, but handsomer.
There are, in fact, but two families, Syrphidæ and Tachinidæ, which can be looked upon as beneficial to the cultivator, though many act the part of scavengers.