Boreoides subulatus

1 Wingless Soldier Fly at Cooleman, NSW

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Identification history

	Boreoides subulatus	18 Mar 2021	MichaelBedingfield
	Boreoides subulatus	17 Mar 2021	JonSteinbeck

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I came across these Wingless Soldier Flies mating. The two insects almost seemed to be wrestling with each other. The female often looked to be trying to move away and she was rolling around the floor. The male seemed to be dragging the much larger insect to where he wanted to go.

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Location information

Coordinates 148.683078 -35.623217
Altitude 1154.0m
Maps Kosciuszko National Park
Places Cooleman, NSW

Sighting information

2 Abundance
7 Mar 2021 08:20 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Mixed Gender
Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

Species information

Boreoides subulatus Scientific name
Wingless Soldier Fly Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1824.81m Recorded at altitude
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