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Body length 20mm, long waist. Black and brown in colour. Clear wings. Long legs.
Urban vegetable garden. Resting on a cycad.
Might be Prionyx kirby. Caterpillars in garden. Mud nest under the roof gutter, but not sure if this is this particular wasp's nest.
Spotted on Jan 9, 2015
Submitted on Jan 11, 2015
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As far as I know it is a type of robber fly that flies lazily with dangling feet to mimic a wasp. we have had several of them I our home and garden here in cape town and I uploaded the exact same one. After seeing this post I tend to agree with Paul Davis......Pegesimallus sp.
This looks like a Robber Fly ----Asilidae ,possibly ---Pegesimallus sp.