Talk:Hoverfly

message: I have a video of one eating a scab on my knee. They like dead mammal tissue it seems.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:CB00:BC00:F800:C479:3433:3FE2 (talk) 02:26, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

message: Do they sting? Edward 12:01, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope. Stan 13:09, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: None given. Shall we move this to Hoverfly then? Any objections? --Wetman 23:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing reasonable arguments and no objections, I've gone ahead and completed the move. -GTBacchus(talk) 00:05, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: How could you not use :Image:Hoverflies mating midair.jpg in this article (yes it needs more text, but that shouldn't stop you from adding a featured pic...)?   --Thinboy00's sockpuppet alternate account 00:48, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POTY 2006 runner up? 

message: Since this group are real flies, the word "fly" is separate. So the correct name of this group is hover flies. Fasulo (talk) 15:00, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You need to put up some kind of reference to support your claim about what they are called. If you include it without a citation it will be removed. Wikipelli Talk 17:08, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Trfasulo is correct. Scorpionflies, for example, are in the order Mecoptera, not Diptera, so they are not true flies, hence the common name is "scoprionfly" instead of "scorpion fly." Because syrphids are true flies, they are "hover flies" not "hoverflies." See page 728 of "Study of Insects: 7th Edition" by Charles A. Triplehorn and Norman F. Johnson, 2005, published by Thomson Brooks/Cole. See also page 25 of "50 Common Insects of the Southwest" by Carl A. Olson, 2003, published by the Western National Parks Association. ArachnoGBH (talk) 18:29, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Common Name

message: "The size of hoverflies varies...  some... are small... while others... are large..."  are you kidding me!?  how about giving some numbers!
Bjarthur (talk) 21:48, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  size? 

message: Many external links are out-dated. The websites no longer exist.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.146.40.80 (talk) 01:41, 9 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update external links 

message: Mention if all flies that hover are within the hoverfly family or are there also others. Jidanni (talk) 21:54, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Non hoverflies that hover

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