Boreoides subulatus

Wingless Soldier Fly at Spence, ACT

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Identification history

	Boreoides subulatus	13 Apr 2021	MichaelBedingfield
	Unverified	12 Apr 2021	Watermilli

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I think this beastie was about 1 inch long, 2.5cm, 25mm. One or two of its legs seem damaged. It looks very like the Wingless Soldier Fly on my page from May last year, but this one may be pregnant perhaps - it's much fatter in the abdomen.

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

13 Apr 2021

This is a nice fat one:- Boreoides subulatus (Wingless Soldier Fly)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.072267 -35.198886
Places Spence, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
10 Apr 2021 05:09 PM Recorded on
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Watermilli Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

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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