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Asarkina ericetorum
Multicoloured. Thorax is yellow with a blackish-blue oval spot. Back has bands in the same blackish-blue on a yellowish-pink background.
On a weed-infested patch of land.
Thank you, Mark for the ID.
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/I... unfortunately nobody talks about the fly though.
Lovely find. Definitely a Syrphidae (hoverfly) of some kind and a very pretty one. Size might be important?