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Black-winged Feather-legged Fly (female)

Trichopoda pennipes

Description:

Black abdomen; males have an orange abdomen.

Habitat:

State park in SW Pennsylvania

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5 Comments

Elton_Wizard
Elton_Wizard 11 years ago

Belated thanks for the kind remarks. It is a beauty!

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

I absolutely adore feather-legged flies! Great spotting.

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

Nice find but I think it needs a longer common name

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Beautiful!

empidonax
empidonax 11 years ago

Great shot!

William_Dembowski
Spotted by
William_Dembowski

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Aug 7, 2012
Submitted on Aug 19, 2012

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