Soldier fly at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Hermetia illucens | 2 Apr 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Stratiomyidae (family) | 2 Apr 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Stratiomyidae (family) | 19 Feb 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 5 Feb 2024 | JohnGiacon |
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1 comment
DiBickers
wrote:
2 Apr 2025
I would say this is likely to be Hermetia illucens. I’m not sure if it’s the lighting or photo quality but I don’t think the necessary characteristics show up well enough to confirm ID at this time.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074783-35.247081
- Altitude 598.4m
- Maps Emu Creek Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2024 03:48 PM Recorded on
- JohnGiacon Recorded by
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Stratiomyidae (family) Scientific name
- Soldier fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 764.06m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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