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Feather-legged Fly - Trichopoda pennipes
Copyright © 2009 Marvin Smith

Feather-legged Fly - Trichopoda pennipes
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
August 28, 2009

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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 29 August, 2009 - 2:14am
Last updated 29 August, 2009 - 11:04am

Trichopoda pennipes
I agree. Thank you.

According to the Guide: "Two characters were found by which the sex of living flies can be determined without undue handling. These are the ferrugineous spot in the wing of the male as against the evenly dusky wing of the female, and the black tip of the female abdomen as against the dark orange of that of the male." This specimen has rust-colored wing areas, but it also has a small darkening at it's abdomen's end. It's probably a male, but I'm not certain.
… Marvin Smith, 29 August, 2009 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Trichopoda
I think you have Tachinidae:Trichopoda.

… John F. Carr, 29 August, 2009 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

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