Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Amazing Chinese Hoverfly

Posted by Gordon on 13-09-2015 03:56
#1
mature woodland - Qujing, Yunnan province, China. September 11 -2015 - photographed with a 400 mm lens as it was not immediately accessible.

Posted by Gordon on 13-09-2015 03:56
#2
Same fly

Posted by John Carr on 13-09-2015 04:07
#3
I think you have Systropus or a related genus (Bombyliidae).

Stylogaster in family Conopidae is similar, with long antennae, beak, and hind legs.

Posted by Gordon on 13-09-2015 07:14
#4
OK, thanks John, I'm sorry I don't have any better pictures but they never came near me.