Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-05-2008 19:48
#1
this fly is awesome!!! I was baffled when I realized I was seeing Trichopoda pennipes!!! Those hind legs are gold!!! :D
Tachinidae - Trichopoda pennipes. Found also in Viseu. :) I saw the other specimen in last year.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 22-02-2010 23:40
Posted by conopid on 02-05-2008 20:10
#4
:)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.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-05-2008 20:15
#5
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. :D
Really I suspected that T. pennipes was around because I spotted in the local several Nezara viridula (Hemiptera).