Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hover fly from Hong Kong: Syrphini sp.?

Posted by chickenold on 16-09-2012 10:33
#1

Photo taken by a friend two years ago at night near a paddy field. Can its genus be identified?
Thanks!

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 16-09-2012 14:30
#2

Yes, it's a male Sphaerophoria sp. To identify it to species one needs to check the genitals.