Flower Flies: The prettiest flies you'll ever see in your garden

Apr 25, 2023
CWF

Join CWF Tuesday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m. ET to discover the wonderful world of flower flies with our guest entomologist, Gil Miranda. When talking about pollinators in your garden, you might immediately think of a bee going about its business to feed its colony. But often overlooked, if not mistaken for a bee, are the beautiful flower flies. These colorful and variably shaped flies are common flower visitors and can be as abundant and important as bees when it comes to pollinating your flowers. Please join us as Gil gives you some tips on how to spot and identify some common flower flies that might be around your gardens!

Gil Miranda is an entomologist, originally from Brazil. After getting his PhD from the University of Guelph, Gil worked in the Brazilian Amazon as a researcher and conservation officer. Now, calling Canada his home, at CWF Gil is involved with pollinator monitoring in Ontario and insect identification from surveys in the Canadian Prairies.

Native Pollinator Habitat Restoration

These projects restore meadow habitat for Monarch butterflies. And through that focus, for other native pollinators too. Monarch butterflies breed throughout eastern and southern Ontario. CWF partners with many organizations in these areas, providing funding to habitat restoration projects that benefit these important insects.

Action for Pollinators

Bees, flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, hummingbirds and even small mammals are pollinators, meaning they carry pollen on their bodies and move it between flowers. This almost invisible act occurs millions of times each day and creates a third of our food. It also sustains the native plants and habitats on which humans and wildlife depend.

Flower Flies: The prettiest flies you'll ever see in your garden

Native Pollinator Habitat Restoration

Action for Pollinators

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