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hoverfly

Syrphidae

Description:

Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers

Habitat:

everywhere you can find flowers (?) but i found this in tropical forest of Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia

Notes:

when i take a break on hiking trip, and then this hoverfly perch on my hand, i take my camera and shot... previously i thought that it was a bee... :)

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2 Comments

travellingchez
travellingchez 11 years ago

I've created a mission so we can document the wide variety of insects in Indonesia. It's here if you are interested.
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1773...

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Moved from Other to Arthropods.

_fajarprasetyo
Spotted by
_fajarprasetyo

Jawa Tengah, Indonesia

Spotted on Nov 16, 2012
Submitted on Nov 26, 2012

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