Posted by Will van Niekerk on 08-02-2012 14:33
#1
Place: Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia.
Date: 10 September 2011.
Habitat: damp earth under mature hedgerow, within ornamental garden.
Size: Probably 5-6mm.
Edited by Will van Niekerk on 08-02-2012 15:21
Posted by Michael Ackland on 08-02-2012 15:00
#2
It is one of the Anthomyia look-alikes, but is actually a muscid; note the large lower squamae, and the shape of the head. Also the shape of the black marks on the abdomen are different from Anthomyia. Sorry I can't say what the Muscid genus is, but it is many years since I looked at muscids.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-02-2012 15:01
#3
It is Muscidae, probably Limnophora