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Diptera.info :: Hover fly from Hong Kong: Syritta pipiens?
Posted by
chickenold
on 16-09-2012 10:26
#1
Seen today near a stream. Sorry that there wasn't a sufficiently clear shot before it flew away.
Posted by
chickenold
on 16-09-2012 10:27
#2
Dorsal view:
Edited by
chickenold
on 16-09-2012 10:27
Posted by
Gerard Pennards
on 16-09-2012 14:31
#3
Syritta yes, but not pipiens. I suspect it to be Syritta orientalis....
Posted by
chickenold
on 16-09-2012 15:49
#4
My first impression was
S. orientalis
(a species not uncommon in HK), but then the reddish orange patch on the femur of hind legs makes me puzzled, as the femurs of the previously seen individuals were completely black.