Beneficial Insect Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
	34%	7		Beneficial garden insect
	noun • native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects
	32%	8		Beneficial insect in gardens
	noun • Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.

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New York Times26 Oct 1986	Across 66
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