Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hover fly from Hong Kong

Posted by chickenold on 09-12-2012 06:05
#1

Photo taken yesterday by my friend. Can its genus be identified?
Thanks!

Posted by chickenold on 09-12-2012 06:06
#2

Lateral view:

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 09-12-2012 15:18
#3

Male Betasyrphus sp.

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 09-12-2012 15:19
#4

Male Betasyrphus sp., maybe Betasyrphus serarius....

Posted by chickenold on 09-01-2013 15:57
#5

Thanks Gerard!

And it seems that this is a female of the same species?

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 10-01-2013 21:39
#6

Yes, I would say female Betasyrphus serarius...