The arthropod I chose is the hoverfly. I chose the hoverfly because I found it quite interesting. The hoverfly also known as the flower fly or syrphrid fly are from the insect family Syrphidae. The adult hoverflys feed mainly on nectar and pollen while the maggots which are known as the larvae eat a wide range of foods. Some maggots eat on dead and decaying plant or animal matter which are known as saprotrophs. Hoverflies are a very important pollinators for flowering plants all over the world. The hoverfly is an arthropod because it has an exoskeleton, a segmented body and joint appendages. Some interesting facts about the hoverfly is that they can have spots, bands or , stripes on their body. They are very fast fliers which makes it harder to spot them and tell them apart from a bee, and they are among the biggest bugs in Central Europe.
Here is a picture of the hoverfly life cycle.
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