Hermetia illucens

American Soldier Fly at Copmanhurst, NSW

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Identification history

	Hermetia illucens	14 Jun 2025	DiBickers
	Unverified	2 Jun 2025	MazzV

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A black-brown fly, with dark brown translucent wings, which are longer than the body. Antennae connected at the centre front of head, well away from the eyes which appear to be round, from above. The antennae appear relatively short with the outermost 1/3 looking thickened. Black-brown legs, with the forelegs a cream colour, and the feet brown. There may be very fine cream coloured lines delineating the back end of the pronotum and possibly between the eyes.

2 comments

KimberiRP wrote:

13 Jun 2025

Hermetia illucens, a Soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae)

DiBickers wrote:

14 Jun 2025

Have verified as per ID provided by Kim Pullen😊

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Location information

Coordinates 152.797522 -29.574494
Altitude 80.0m
Places Copmanhurst, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
25 Dec 2024 03:46 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Hermetia illucens Scientific name
American Soldier Fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 794.8m Recorded at altitude
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