Feather-legged Fly on Goldenrod - Trichopoda
by Carol Senske
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Feather-legged Fly on Goldenrod - Trichopoda
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Carol Senske
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
These flies are nectar feeders and usually brightly colored. The hind legs show a feathery-like shape which gives them their name. The dark tip on the abdomen means this is a female, and she�s the size of a large house fly.
These insects are used in pest control; they parasitise leaf-footed bugs, squash bugs, and green stink bugs by laying eggs on the host. The eggs hatch and the larvae make a meal of the host, pupate, then emerge to mate.
This picture was taken September 8, 2009, at Green Lane Reservoir in Pennsburg, PA.
For more information see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichopoda_pennipes
http://www.insectsofwestvirginia.net/f/trichopo...
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March 15th, 2011
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