Book ID: 96878
Reemer, Menno, Willem Renema and Wouter van Steenis
De Nederlandse Zweefvliegen (Diptera Syrphidae). 2009. (Nederlandse Fauna, Vol. 8). illus. 200 col. photogr. 450 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Hoverflies are the acrobat of the air. They can fly backwards, mate inmid-air, and migrate across the Arctic ocean. Although some species resemble wasps of bees, hoverflies never sting. They are as harmless asthey are elegant, flying from plant to plant to collect nectar of pollen. This title presents all 328 species in the Netherlands, giving a wealth of background information.