A pretty sight on a September day! This hoverfly is known as the sun fly (helophilus pendulus).
It spent some time feeding from the Michaelmas daisies. They are at their peak this week so the sun flies are probably happy.
Their larvae are some of the "long tailed" maggots that are found in very wet situations - marshy ground, wet compost heaps or buckets of water with rotting vegetation inside. Leave some around if you want more of these pollinators.
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