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Sawfly vs Hoverfly - What's the difference?

sawfly | hoverfly |

As nouns the difference between sawfly and hoverfly

is that sawfly is any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs while hoverfly is any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.

sawfly

English

Noun

(sawflies)
  • Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.

    • hoverfly

    English

    (wikipedia hoverfly)

    Noun

    (hoverflies)
  • Any of various flies from the family (l) that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.

    • Synonyms

    * hover-fly * flower fly * flower-fly