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Black soldier fly

Hermetia pupa

Photo by pizor1
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Field Notes

Description:

Brown flattish bugs

Habitat:

My compost bin

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
andrecoppe
Hi pizor1! House fly has a more whitish larva (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/117146106).
pizor1
Are they the common house fly?
andrecoppe
these larvae seems to be stratiomyidae flies, maybe hermetia.

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PublishedOctober 16, 2014

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