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Feather-Legged Fly - Trichopoda
Copyright © 2005 Stephen_WV

Feather-Legged Fly - Trichopoda
East of Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia, USA
August 21, 2005
Thanks Machele for posting your fine image as it enabled me to identify mine, to genus anyway. Mine seems to be a different species. These are neat critters with their fringe of hairs on the legs.

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Contributed by Stephen_WV on 17 September, 2005 - 6:44am
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 12:11am

Moved
Moved from Feather-legged Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 27 September, 2014 - 12:11am login or register to post comments

Perhaps it is
T. pennipes, female.
… Beatriz Moisset, 15 December, 2007 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Thank you,
that was very nice. Your pictures show excellent detail of those legs.
… Machele White, 17 September, 2005 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

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