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Despite their great potential for pest control and pollination, important gaps still exist regarding the efficacy of hoverflies in regulating infestations of major aphid pests in augmentative biological control programs. Here, we tested the potential of the commercially available hoverflies <jats:italic>Eupeodes corollae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Sphaerophoria rueppellii<\/jats:italic> to regulate populations of the foxglove aphid <jats:italic>Aulacorthum solani<\/jats:italic> in sweet pepper.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>In a semi\u2010field experiment, aphid numbers were 93.2% and 78.4% lower in the <jats:italic>E. corollae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. rueppellii<\/jats:italic> treatments, respectively, compared to the control. Fruit yield was increased by 390% and 361% and seed set by 395% and 399% for <jats:italic>E. corollae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. rueppellii<\/jats:italic>. In a separate laboratory trial, we found that under conditions of limited prey, hoverfly larvae did not complete development, but that larvae of <jats:italic>S. rueppellii<\/jats:italic> survived significantly longer than larvae of <jats:italic>E. corollae<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title><jats:p>We have shown for the first time that <jats:italic>E. corollae<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. rueppellii<\/jats:italic> can reduce infestations of foxglove aphid in sweet pepper. The limited amount of prey, related to the small size of the <jats:italic>A. solani<\/jats:italic> colonies, means that hoverfly larvae were often not able to complete development. 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