Hoverflies: A Gardeners Best Friend.
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2020
- Narration by Dave Gillies. Original score by Richard Collins.
You can listen to, and buy the soundtrack here:
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We are used to seeing hoverflies everywhere. They are very common insects in the UK. What their larva eat will amaze you, and hopefully encourage people to appreciate what they do for your garden. - Розваги
Dont use insecticides. If you need to, hit insects with water from a hose. Mites especially hate excess moisture. Prune to encourage airflow. Plant flowers that encourage beneficial insects. Umbral-type flowers like parsley and carrot are special faves. But look it up and plant some out.
Would it be ok with you if this comment was pinned to the top? It's just I want more people to see it.
@@TeamCandiru for sure. Maybe others might add some nature-friendly tips.
i dont know if you know this, but theres are several insectisida that kill spesific insect. in my city most used by farmer is the anti caterpillar one
@@astroboy4124 is that the bacteria bacilius thuringeus? I spelt that wrong im sure.
Good one for large areas of crops. Only targets caterpillars too which is great.
I hate insects. Burn them all.
I like these flies when I was a little girl bc I could take a good look at them. They are surprisingly cute and beautiful
The first time I discovered hover flies was two days ago, did my research & caught one this evening while hovering on my mint plants. The fact that they feed on nectar while the larvae feed on aphids changed the way I perceive the species. And to top it off, one of my amazing channels that almost never posts shared a video about what I've been amazed by today tonight. Huge thanks for the professional content you produce!
Yea, I guess what they say is true. Don't judge a book by its cover
Such a pristine sky in the video, must be rare in the UK to get such whether to do such filming.
Hoverflies seem like total bros. Dont sting. Just wanna pollenate and lay their eggs so their kids can help take care of your sweet garden.
DNA is incredible - how the young already know what to do with zero teaching about what to eat etc
Meanwhile a human baby doesn't know anything and constantly have to check that they don't kill themselves
@@mizulightblue 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mizulightblue complexity
I love my hoverflies in my yard. They're so beautiful and cute. I had never known they even existed before I started planting
The other day I was at the bottom of the garden, closely examining a climbing rose. It was 9am warm sunny and very still. Around the rose were a cluster of about 6 Hoverflies which I always marvel at because of their effortless ability to hover in position like tiny drones. I instinctively held out my open hand under their little squadron. One then hovered about an inch above, then gently it landed on my palm. Things like that shouldn't elate me but it did. I kept my hand there until it decided to lift off and rejoin the others. In this garden I have also observed the fascinating hovering Humming Bird Moth which I was able to video and uploaded to UA-cam.
Excellent video by the way. Fill the screen to see this amazing creature up close!
I remember this happening to me as a kid, where these "strange wasps" would harmlessly land on my hand. I think it was their large eyes and because they hover like tiny drones that I knew they weren't actually wasps. I wonder if they evolved to look like wasps to survive from potential predators, or if they're related to wasps, but either way it was nice to learn that they're a gardeners best friend
I never knew hoverfly larvae were carnivorous, I learnt something new today.
Well being a fly, the larva is technically a 'maggot' so generally speaking, it's a legless tube with fangs that is designed to engorge on protein and pupate fast. But rather than feed of corpses, they're adapted to take their meat fresh and go get it themselves (given that insects are much more protein dense and the aphids also throw in a heap of sugars, it's a very advantageous switch as well).
Well I learn that I must always cary my flyswatter
Learned!
@@sharonballantyne1735 Ahh... the joys of sharing a common language...
I presume you're either American or Canadian, where I think you would indeed use 'learned', but us Brits use 'learnt' in circumstances such as this.
Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and wishing you a Happy New Year!
There are many things you don't know and you never will just keep learning regardless
I liked people who are animals and insects lover... Filming such tough work and waiting patiently is really awesome 👍👍👍... UA-cam IS REALLY MEANT FOR YOU GUYS.
.. KEEP UPLOADING MORE AND MORE VIDEOS... GOD BLESSED YOU...
What I find especially cool about flies (Diptera) in general, and hover flies in particular, is that they use only a single pair of wings to fly, and the hind wings have evolved into the most incredible mechanosensory organs (called halters) which work to sense rotational movement and are what allow flies to, uh, *fly* so well. High-speed macro photography will show the club-like halters banging up and down in counterpoint to the flapping of the wings, acting like a vibrating structure gyroscope, transmitting rotation in the plane of oscillation via the campaniform sensilla (sensing strain loads similar to Golgi tendon organs in mammals) and chordotonal organs (stretch receptors).
I have used the fact that Diptera evolved this function with modified hind wings and insects in the order Strepsiptera have convergently evolved similar functionality with their fore wings as evidence against “intelligent design” (but unfortunately proponents of ID are usually too uninformed of the basics of insect anatomy that they dismiss the argument as with “who can know the mind of God”)
Anyway, I loved the footage of the larvae eating aphids! I’ve never seen that before.
We wanted to include some halters footage with some information just like what you've said here. But sadly we couldn't get the footage. Thanks for posting and watching!
How could this fly evolve its hind wings to preform such a specific task? This would take millions of years to evolve from random genetic mutations, and how could random genetic mutations produce such a perfectly designed mechanism for flight? It’s preposterous to suggest that every organism evolved into its present species from random genetic mutations to a single celled organism over hundreds of millions of years!
@@PaulNewfield-PasadenaCAU-wb4xg one can speculate many pathways by which one pair of wings could evolve into a new form, we have direct evidence for several different paths of wings evolving first for flight then for other non-flying functions. Besides the ones i cited in my original post there are the true bugs where the front wings have evolved into hard protective covers.
Even without the ample fossil evidence of various intermediate forms and without the DNA evidence showing how different species are related we can still use observation and logic to conclude that the processes of evolution by natural selection must be true (after all, Darwin synthesized the theory with scant fossil evidence and no knowledge of DNA). One of your fundamental errors is believing that organisms are “perfectly designed” for anything (in this case, perfectly designed for flight). No organism is even remotely perfect in its design! Most barely function. Take Diptera flies for example, the whole mechanism I was discussing is a kludge that barely provides enough feedback information to allow for flight. Yes, it’s beautiful and elegant but it barely works, and that’s the point, evolved organisms will always be just “good enough” for their current environment, never more than that.
Here’s a question for you if you think each organism living today was explicitly designed by a creator: what will happen in 100 generations, 10,000 generations, 1,000,000 generations into the future as genetic mutations occur? What mechanism could possibly exist that would *prevent* mutations in DNA from accumulating over those generations? If organisms were *designed* to reproduce (as opposed to having evolved via reproduction) there would need to be very robust mechanisms in place to keep the organisms from changing over time, but those mechanisms do not exist (and organisms *do* change.)
In the past 150 years entirely new genera (not just species but new genera) have appeared in the wild due to DNA copying errors in the process of reproduction. You are astonished at the prospect of meaningful change in “only” 100 million years but your own personal astonishment is no gauge of the truth. The sound bite is “facts don’t care about your feelings” and that applies here. Humans often judge the accuracy or veracity of a statement by how they feel with regard to the statement, if it makes them feel good it must be true, if it makes them feel bad it must be false (often we call this a “gut feeling”) but feelings are notoriously unreliable, especially regarding facts (the entire legal industry exists to try to keep feelings out of discussion of legal facts).
@@jpe1 I really hope you’ve helped to open this fool’s eyes, but I fear you may have wasted your time. Information rarely changes fanatic’s minds.
@@incanusolorin2607 indeed I have little expectation of changing *his* mind (though that would be nice) but my hope is that others who read what I write will think about it, and perhaps think differently. I have personally met two people who were raised as Young Earth Creationists (YEC) who, over time and with repeated exposure, came to understand that the YEC interpretation of the Bible doesn’t explain the world around us, and they learned about science and evolution and changed their thinking and beliefs.
wonderful
I'll have a new happiness when seeing hoverflies in my garden
Thank you
Yeah us too.
imagine how horrible they'd be at hunting if the aphids just like...walked away
Well, at least unlike some moth larvae they don't feed on what is basically live hand-grenades.
@@matteste explain ?
@peppa edits Hoverfly: My name's DAVE! Jim is my cousin! At least get my name right, ya damn aphid! >:( Wait til' I catch you!
@@mattestewhat species of moth larvae eats "live hand grenades "
@@johnnyortiz1750 The netted Carped Moth larvae. They eat the seed pods of the Touch-Me-Not. Seed pods that just so happen to explode.
Just had one of these little guys land on me and sit for a minute while I drink coffee! I finally found a fly that doesn’t torment me when I’m outside in the morning!
I'm allergic to plants and pollen, so sadly I can't have plants or grow a garden of my own, but this is fascinating and I have so much more respect for hoverflies now! Like bees, they're friends.
Is it just me. Or do Aphids tend to get eaten...a lot.
Well they tend to bunch up into a horde of defenseless creatures, so yeah...
Don't worry, they reproduce alot to compensate.
@@unclekanethetiberiummain1994 And they sometimes have Ant bodyguards.
Don't worry, only the Natural Selection Losers who approach anything with no worries
Every year I try to grow plants that attract these flys, since they're so helpful.
i love how they start transparent and become more and more green xD
..as they eat more and more aphids.
3:35 Aww, they probably eat the aphid sugar poop!
3:45 Oh.........
Lol I love the usage of "sugar poop" or as zefrank would say, "honeydeewwwwrr"
@@PlayMoGame that time i hear him pronounce bird as bewrd
I wonder what ants farmers would reaction about their cow aphids been killed. 🐜🐜🐜
Yes, the aphid itself is the desert
I once had a hoverfly land on my finger and proceed to taste me. It was very cute, their little succy succ mouths, so cute and gentle
This was INCREDIBLE to watch! I've always been terrified of them, because they're loud and their print is intimidating. I assumed they were the large version of the smaller ones, whom I also believed were a type of sweat bee. I'm allergic to wasps/hornets so I'm already jumpy around anything that flies 😆 but now I can relax when I see these. Thank you!
@ 2:59
The aphids looking at the egg:
👁️ 👄 👁️
I've always been amazed by hover flies . Their caudal set of wings have become halteres which act like gyroscopes for inertial stability (I think)
i once teach a hover fly to land on my finger, played with him for 30 minutes, hiding the finger and when I was putting finger up he would come and land again on it, tasting me with the little tromp. was amazing.
My bug loving child is currently obsessed with these guys. I want to plant some flowers for them now
Great stuff once again, keep it up you guys, love it!
They like landing on me too
Hi I'm new, and I want to say this channel is absolutely incredible. It's informative, entertaining, and has unbelievably professional production. I cannot overstate how much I appreciate this channel for providing close-up looks at these animals and their lives that most people would never get the chance to enjoy. Best youtube find in a long, long time for me. Keep it up!!
That's very kind of you to say! Thanks for watching!
literally took some macro shots of one of these laying eggs on a plant a couple of days ago! first time i've caught one doing it and actually had my camera!! 👌great video! awesome stuff! ❤️
Beautiful
When I watch your videos, I don't want them to end! More plz!
I have one on my hand rn 💞🥰they are soo cute
They are cute.
Daam i need these in my garden!,
The Aphid usually bribes predators with sweet liquid, they were wrong to try to bribe this thing.
The deal have gone southe
I just love hearing your voice :).
Nature is perfect.
Totally
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I’ve got tons of these that just showed up in my garden today. I need to catch some and put them in my greenhouse!!
This is just such an excellent channel. Great video.
so glad i found this channel
There's also something similar looking called a sweat bee. They can and sometimes do stung people. Still considered a beneficial bee by some and a pest to others. If you could do a segment on them, it would be appreciated. It's the bee family Halictidae.
Amazing 😍 I have taken photos of hover flies laying eggs and also the larvae among aphids but I have not witnessed them feeding on the aphids. Thank you 😊
Hoverfly maggots be like.... " Suck aphids everyday"
These things always come straight to our face and look st us like Hey how u doing..then we weave and they follow untill we run away like maniacs xD
Awesome 🤩
Why I feel this is really good channel there are lots of information about Insects 🐞
Great video, thanks :)
Nice information
Learn something new today! Wondering if there's any species of hoverflies in Malaysia.. i need this insect to control population of aphids on our Annona trees 😧😵
amo estos minidocumentales.
I really need these hover flies to lay eggs on my plants, got so many aphids
3:38
Excuse me, Hello there. My Nam- ..oh! what, wait! Let me go. Pls let me go
Very cool! Tony the Tiger good mate!
Guys, Can you answer a question which has been bugging (sorry!) my friends and I? Why do hover flies hover? They often hang around for a while and fly off without landing. Why can't they spot the right food/prey and go straight there?
But nothing can fly like the fly, the hoverfly
Plenty of these cute larvae feasting on the aphids on an elder tree in my garden. Their flattened bodies make them look more like molluscs than insects
Which camera did you use for the slow motion ?
Panasonic GH5
@@TeamCandiru Thank you.
Me: awww there are cute aphids beside those fly eggs! So cute!
Narrator: these larvae eat 400+ aphids during their lifetime...
Me: ....
Aphids eat trees and plants and are horrible vectors for plant-life in general.
400 less of the buggers to worry about if you ask me.
Nice, I hate those pesky aphids. It's so satisfying for me to see larvae from ladybugs and now hoverflies too eating them.
Oh, also, I've seen some young jumping spiders hunt them as well. So cute!
Great
The Creator made some amazing animals.
Brutal.
Aw, the little worm is saying hello to the bug... oh
they eat aphids!
well they earned my respect.
Sad aphids
There’s another much larger hovering fly or bug that I’ve seen. We used to call them ‘property bugs’ when I was a kid because one was hovering in the middle of a woods trail coincidentally on a property line. When disturbed it would move but then return to that spot and continue hovering. How odd. This was 30+ years ago; northeastern US.
I don't if y'all have noticed, but the aphid number is had dwindled down a lot.
*These Insects Can Beat Their Wings 120 Times Every Second...*
*That sounded wrong*
I saw one of this erlier and i was wondering why it flies so fast ang like it's floating on the air
Next to the hoover fly maggot are ladybugs and there larveas and also Chrysopidea larveas (the wolf of aphids) are good predetors of aphids.
I knew there was a plottwist coming
This narrator is the best. Awesome voice.
nature's natural pesticide.
Wow... So early... I dunno what to say except nice vid
Okay, what is a "bug"? Especially as opposed to an "insect"?
I have those flies in my terrace. Their larvae ends with all the aphids plagues wich tries to expand ☺️☺️
First of all what type of camera is that and second of all where did you get it
So that’s what was terrifying me by hovering in my face every time I went in my backyard
i hate flies but this one is special
Do we have hoverflies in the US? Asking for a friend.
yes they are extremely wide spread
Love the quality of your videos. Any chance you can do some in 4K?
Yeah, as long as there is no highspeed photography they will be in 4k. It's just that we don't have any cameras that will shoot in 4k at 180fps. The diving bell spiders were in 4k. As were the caterpillars. Thanks for watching!
The design of the larvae is horrifying. It has an outer layer of armor where once it is penetrated, it uses a mouth that is inside its body to devour them alive.
bro they fly like drone controlled.
Where are the Ants when these Aphids need bodyguards??
I have to write a paper about this fly but don’t have time to watch the video what does he eat?????
First appearing: sparrows.
My first thought: Uuh, they feed on bird poo-poo!
But im glad they do not! Thanks for the video.
Some species of hover flies do.
Thanks for watching!
No one:
Narrator: B I R D
1:35 the fly is going into the wrong hood
Just wooow.
I don’t understand why is your channel not growing as it is supposed to be. All the things you are doing here are challenging and time consuming and need lots of patience. We can understand the behaviour and life style of all of these tiny creatures only because of your hard works.
And yet many people are not noticing your channel, which is ridiculous. If it was a tech channel it would have grown much more faster. This proves that we are living in a virtual world which has no meaning to what life is all about. There are tech channel everywhere and most of them are gaining viewers but this channel not much. This shows how greedy and selfish we human beings are. All we love is to make our living comfortable and easy by relying on new technology. One day human being will bear no meaning to life and we will be replaced by robots and machine.
Please continue ur good works even if it is viewed by only a few followers because that few followers you are gaining are like ur family who really appreciate ur work from the cores of our hearts.
A single sentence with a pure sense is much more meaningful than a long paragraph without any sense.
Chidiya Udd, Panchi udd, Hatti Udd...
This thing was right I noticed them about two years ago and had mistaken them for really tiny bees. My Entomology is now caught up, but I find it horrifying that they are carnivorous in the larval stage. I have two fears diseases and being eaten alive. I even scream when Mario in super mario bros. 3 has a near encounter being swallowed by the bass enemy.
I want to watch it finish eating it all
BUSSY
There are lots of them right now, eating June bugs and also Japanese spotted lantern beatles. I wish I could send you a video, but it would cause a lot of junk mail.
400 infants 🤯
BARDS
120 FPS wings.
I might need some of those larvae. Aphids come by the thousands to ruin my plants at least once every few months.
Yes! Hoover flies and Ladybugs are both amazing at killing aphids! Ladybugs are actually really good predators and unleashing them somewhere they shouldn't be can wreak the insect population
Damn they just suck the life of those little aphids
Those jersey Birds
OMG I love these videos for educational purposes....but I can't watch. I'm getting skeeved out. But I appreciate them.
Bro, what's that thing that fly left on our flower?
Dunno bro, ignore it.
(1 week later)
IT'S EATING US ALIVE!!!!!!!!
it's that friend of yours who liked hamburgers in highschool and is now vegan and all karen for some reason