Posted by Will van Niekerk on 07-09-2015 07:39
#1
Based on the only semi-abundant recent field guide to insects in the region, this should be
Eristalis tenax.
But it looks nothing like
Eristalis tenaxas I know it, so I'm assuming that some innocent native Eristalinus (or thereabouts) is suffering persecution as an invasive.
Lusaka East, in mango orchard, January 24, 2015.
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 21-09-2015 22:49
#2
Yes, a female Eristalinus sp. In some books indeed depicted as Eristalis tenax, but it's obviously not!