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Hoverfly

Photo by takmeng.wong
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Field Notes

Description:

A bright orange insect about 1.5cm long with huge purple eyes, a rather broad flat abdomen and a deep blue spot on the thorax. Flies with little wings.

Habitat:

Bushes in a tropical rainforest nature reserve

Species ID Suggestions

Flat Hoverfly

Asarkina salviae (Fabricius, 1787)

Reference Link
Võ Anh Tuấn
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Comments (16)
Võ Anh Tuấn
http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Fly/Asarkina%20salviae/Main.html
wonju.brian
I'm thinking of the genus Epistrophe. Maybe Epistrophe melanostoma?
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
this here too: http://peacockroyal.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-first-visit-to-bukit-batok-nature.html I hate leaving things so unfinished and blurry - my best try is still: hover fly
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
after some digging, I came up with this: http://frank.itlab.us/photo_essays/singapore.php?year=2007 yeah, I know its not too much... :(
takmeng.wong
I've seen this one in two or three different places in Singapore. I'm surprised no one has taken a picture and positively identified it yet, at least not that I can find on the net by searching "diptera syrphidae hoverfly singapore". Will just keep searching... or waiting!
Edith
Looks like flies or Diptera, with only one pair of wings in the Family Syrphidae. (Wasps and bees have two pairs ).
SusanEllison
fabulous shot...so clear and crisp and beautiful too!
takmeng.wong
Thanks Marta! I have never heard of a hover fly before! Thanks for being the first to follow my spottings!
The MnMs
I would say is a type of hover fly. I have a sighting that is a marmalade hover fly and looks alike, although my sighting is in Belgium and yours in Singapore so the species may be different.

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PublishedJune 27, 2011

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