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Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens

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LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago
Black Soldier Fly
Hermetia illucens Species Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly - BugGuide.Net


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Goddefroy
Goddefroy 10 years ago

Thanks LaurenZarate

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Hi Goddefroy, this guy can fool you with those long antennae….it is actually a fly in the family Stratiomyidae and looks to be Hermetia illucens, which has those little windows in the abdomen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetia_il...
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN...

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Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Jan 4, 2014
Submitted on Jan 5, 2014

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