Control measures
- Plant tomatoes and cucumbers
- Seal gaps in the wall
- Prevent the hoverflies
- Avoid attractive plants
Plant tomatoes and cucumbers
the Hover fly likes to lay her eggs on crops. However, on very hairy varieties such as tomatoes and cucumbers, the larvae cannot move well and therefore avoid these plants.
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Seal gaps in the wall
Hoverflies like to retreat into small crevices in the wall in winter. If you want to avoid a population in your garden, it is best to seal off small gaps as a preventive measure.
Prevent the hoverflies
Hover flies feed on aphids and other small animals. By killing the pests on your plants with home-made sprays, you are robbing the hoverfly of its food shortages. The insects will then look for another place.
Avoid attractive plants
There are many different plants that are particularly attractive to the hover fly. This includes:
- Carrots
- dill
- chervil
- Marigolds
- Knapweed
- Daisies
- Asters
- and sun hat
Yellow daisy and early bloomers in particular attract the hover fly to your garden. Therefore choose an alternative planting.
Combating does not always make sense
However, you should know that hover flies are extremely useful in your garden. In agriculture, they are even used as natural pest control in greenhouses in winter. Namely, on their menu
- Aphids
- Sawfly
- Spider mites
- and scale insects
Hoverflies look like wasps, but they do not have a sting and are therefore very harmless. So think carefully about whether you would rather tolerate a population in your garden and use the above measures to lure the hover fly into the garden.
