page_title: Trichopoda pennipes
section_title: Morphology
hierarchical_section_title: Trichopoda pennipes / Morphology
caption_attribution_description: English: The tachinid fly Trichopoda pennipes, photographed just south of Koper, Slovenia Slovenščina: Muha goseničarka vrste Trichopoda pennipes, slikana južno od Kopra
context_page_description: Trichopoda pennipes, common name feather-legged fly, is a fly in the family Tachinidae.
context_section_description: Trichopoda pennipes can reach a length of 10.5 millimetres (0.41 in), about the size of a large housefly. These medium-sized flies have a velvety black head. The velvety black or brown thorax shows a few yellow stripes. Eyes are large brown with yellow between. The color of the slender abdomen varies from bright orange to completely black. Females usually have a dark-tipped abdomen, while males have a dark orange apex. Wings are transparent smoky with prominent veins. In the females they are evenly dusky, with the posterior margin sub-hyaline, while male flies have a ferrugineous marking on the wings. This fly has huge halteres. Legs are black, with yellow feet. The hind legs bear a prominent feather-like fringe of flattened hairs.
caption: Trichopoda pennipes showing the comb-like fringe of flattened hairs
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