Boreoides subulatus
1 Wingless Soldier Fly at Cooleman, NSW
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| Boreoides subulatus | MichaelBedingfield | 18 Mar 2021 | |
| Boreoides subulatus | JonSteinbeck | 17 Mar 2021 |
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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
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
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- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Boreoides subulatus Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
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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