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Black Soldier Fly
Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Diptera - true flies, mosquitoes and gnats »  family Stratiomyidae - soldier flies »  genus Hermetia

Scientific synonyms

Musca illucens Linnaeus, 1758 o
Musca leucopa Linnaeus, 1767
Hermetia nigrifacies Bigot, 1879
Hermetia pellucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling) m
Hermetia rufiventris Fabricius, 1805

Other names

= American Soldier Fly

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Images

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Author: Petr Horsák

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Author: Ivo Antušek

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

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Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

pupa

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Hermetia illucens - Black Soldier Fly

Taxon in country check-lists*

Africa: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Europe: Albania, Canary Islands, Croatia, France, Italy, Malta, Spain, Switzerland, North America: Belize, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States of America (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas ...), South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Asia: India, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Java, West Papua), Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Oceania: Australia (Queensland, Western Australia), French Polynesia, Guam, Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

* List of countries might not be complete

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Links and literature

EN OzAnimals - Australian Wildlife [http://www.ozanimals.com/] [as Hermetia illucens]
Data retrieved on: 14 April 2013
EN ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)]
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
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o original combination

m misspelling



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