Hover fly
Melanostoma mellinum
Insect
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Small dark hover fly with yellowish markings. Larvae feast on aphids; adults pollinate flowers year-round in temperate Bay Area conditions.
Plants that support Hover fly
6 plants
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
grass
Pollen
Bay Area native
Pacific Black-snakeroot
Sanicula crassicaulis
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native
Pacific Starflower
Lysimachia latifolia
perennial herb
Nectar
Bay Area native
Pink Honeysuckle
Lonicera hispidula
vine
Nectar
Bay Area native
Western Sword Fern
Polystichum munitum
fern
Shelter
Bay Area native
Yellow-eyed-grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
perennial herb
Pollen
Bay Area native