The Wildlife Trusts and the RHS created Wild About Gardens to celebrate wildlife gardening and to encourage people to act for nature. Hoverflies are helpful garden guests which eat aphids, recycle waste and pollinate plants. But, like many other insects, hoverflies need our help. There are many simple ways that you can make your garden a more wildlife friendly habitat for hoverflies including growing plants that will help them flourish.
From their four-stage life cycle to migration and mimicry, there's so much to discover about these two-winged wonders. The booklet also includes spotting sheets for adults and larvae, as well as guides to making a pollinator planter and hoverfly lagoon.