I have seen this insect flying literally everywhere in Dhaka city (Bangladesh) over the last two months. It's small -- around 1-1.5 inches long. It's not an agile flyer and can be easily grabbed by hand during flight.
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asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:20
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2$\begingroup$ woah wonderful specimen. $\endgroup$ – Always Confused Apr 15 '17 at 17:52
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This is actually the flying adult of a scale insect (superfamily Coccoidea). Specifically, this appears to be some species of the genus Drosicha.
Here is a picture resembling your specimen:
Source: John Horstman
And another from Vietnam that looks very similar:
Source: Dan Doucette
I can only find info on a closely related species, Drosicha corpulenta, and here's a tree of related species.
Scalenet provides numerous keys and references that could be useful for positively IDing this specimen.
I will keep searching for more details, but this might be the best you get without asking a scale insect expert.
answered Mar 27 '17 at 3:07
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$\begingroup$ Female looks very different. flic.kr/p/cysZ9S $\endgroup$ – Ahmed Abdullah Mar 27 '17 at 5:29
