Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Trichopoda pennipes

Posted by Marcello on 04-09-2012 13:50
#1
Hello,

found this beauty syrphide, can someone please help me to identificate?

Seems to leaving an egg too :)

02.09.2012 - Padua - NE Italy

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Thanks!

Marcello
Edited by Marcello on 04-09-2012 19:30

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 04-09-2012 16:23
#2
Not a syrphid, but a Tachinid. It is called Trichopoda pennipes!
greetings

Posted by Marcello on 04-09-2012 19:10
#3
Ok, now I understand why I didn't find it in the Syrphid sites :)

Thanks for the identification!

Regards,
Marcello

Gerard Pennards wrote:
Not a syrphid, but a Tachinid. It is called Trichopoda pennipes!
greetings