Feather-legged Fly
Trichopoda plumipes
29.7252, -99.0742
Field Notes
Description:
It is recognized by the color pattern on the abdomen (black with pairs of rectangular yellow spots). Yellow scutellum, and the wing with wide and clearly defined hyaline band posteriorly.
Habitat:
Range e. US (CT-KS to FL-TX) - known hosts include Brochymena spp., various Coreidae, and Dissosteira pictipennis (Acrididae)
Notes:
Another fly found on Carolina Cherry Laurel.
Reference Links:
Species Trichopoda plumipes - BugGuide.Net
Species ID Suggestions
2
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 13, 2013
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