[Pollinator] Chinese Orchid and Fly

[Peter Bernhardt]

Dear Colleagues:

A team of Chinese botanists are working on the pollination of orchids in
the genus, Calanthe.  A team member sent me a photo of the insect most
likely to carry the pollinia of one of the green-flowered species.  To my
untrained eyes this insect looks like one of the bee-mimicking drone flies
in the genus Eristalis (or something related).  If you are not a
dipterologist would you mind showing it to someone who is and give them my
apology for not providing them with a better photo.

Sincerely, Peter Bernhardt
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