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Amazing Chinese Hoverfly
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Posted on 13-09-2015 04:56
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mature woodland - Qujing, Yunnan province, China. September 11 -2015 - photographed with a 400 mm lens as it was not immediately accessible.
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Same fly
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I think you have Systropus or a related genus (Bombyliidae).

Stylogaster in family Conopidae is similar, with long antennae, beak, and hind legs.
 
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OK, thanks John, I'm sorry I don't have any better pictures but they never came near me.
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