The #Sunfly, a type of #Hoverfly also known as The Footballer due to its stripy top! #Hoverflies look like bees or wasps, but this is protective mimicry—they don't sting. Like other Hoverflies, the Sunfly hovers or hangs in the air, and loves both damp places (where its larvae develop) and sunshine. The scientific name, Helophilus pendulus, means hanging (or dangling) marsh lover, though some say sun lover, interpreting helo, Greek for marsh, as helio, Greek for sun.

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