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 Fly from Hong Kong: a dark-winged hover fly?
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| chickenold |
Posted on 06-03-2013 13:30
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Photo taken by my friend yesterday near a stream. Is it a hover fly or something else? Thanks! chickenold attached the following image:  [55.24Kb] |
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| chickenold |
Posted on 06-03-2013 13:31
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Another angle:
chickenold attached the following image:  [52Kb] |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 16-03-2013 14:55
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Nope, I don't think so, This looks more like a Tachinid fly to me..
Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 16-03-2013 15:29
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10624 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Dark wings and that pattern on thorax are common in Phasiinae. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-03-2013 19:36
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Looks like a Trichopodini 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 17-03-2013 00:30
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It is a Trichopodini. |
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