Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae - Trichopoda pennipes
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-05-2008 19:48
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
this fly is awesome!!! I was baffled when I realized I was seeing Trichopoda pennipes!!! Those hind legs are gold!!!  Tachinidae - Trichopoda pennipes. Found also in Viseu.  I saw the other specimen in last year.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-05-2008 19:54
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-05-2008 12:25
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
head profile.
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| conopid |
Posted on 02-05-2008 20:10
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
I agree, this is a lovely little fly. I came across it in France last year, but could not manage such excellent photos. Great work Jorge.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-05-2008 20:15
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
One very curious thing: In this holiday day, 1st May, I was thinking at the morning about: "why Trichopoda pennipes don't appear here?", and incredibly at 3.30 pm I spotted this fly... At 1,5 m distance... I spotted the fly and recognized it immediately.. how the heck?  It was really a Trichopoda pennipes. Almost I screamed. Really I suspected that T. pennipes was around because I spotted in the local several Nezara viridula (Hemiptera). |
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