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Old 02-06-2004, 12:09 PM
Jane Ransom
 
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Default What insects will eat greenfly?

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Hi.

What insects will eat greenfly (without then becoming pests
themselves)?
I know about ladybirds, but are there any others?

Hover flies.
A hover fly can lay several hundreds of eggs on a plant and each larvae
will eat up to 400 greenfly during its life time.

I think that wasps also eat greenfly but am not 100% sure.

Some urglers recommend (swear that the problem disappears) dotting
those bird peanut feeders round the garden. The theory is that a bird
will have a coupe of caterpillars for starters, a few peanuts and then a
few dozen green/black/white fly for pudding!!
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Jane Ransom in Lancaster.
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