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Hoverfly

Asarkina salviae

Description:

Colour not adjusted. Yellow and purple abdomen with what I think is purple compound eyes. Similar size to a bee moves quite rapidly like one too.

Habitat:

Mangrove broadwalk at Pasir Ris park

Notes:

Finally managed to identify it after chancing it on a book!

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4 Comments

ANIL MATHEW
ANIL MATHEW 10 years ago

nice click!

zepcheok
zepcheok 10 years ago

At least that's a start for me to search. Thank you!

LeahPrince
LeahPrince 10 years ago

or a related to a fruit fly because i reconize the flower as a citrus flower lik a orange or something close to that

LeahPrince
LeahPrince 10 years ago

it looks lik its related to a wasp

zepcheok
Spotted by
zepcheok

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on May 12, 2013
Submitted on May 12, 2013

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