Boreoides subulatus

Wingless Soldier Fly at Torrens, ACT

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Identification history

	Boreoides subulatus	29 Apr 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	29 Apr 2021	TheCrabLord

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I am not sure what this is, I have literally never seen one my entire life and when I tried to find information on it online nothing came up so could someone please let me know what it is? :)

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Apr 2021

They are quite common acrossCanberra, and appear for a few weeks in late Autumn. Only the females are wingless. The larvae grow in places like compost heaps. The female is an amazing walker and seems to climb up walls waiting for the males with wings . There is a bit of information on them at
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/wingless-soldier-fly-boreoides-subulatus/

TheCrabLord wrote:

29 Apr 2021

Oh wow, thank you so much! Crazy I haven't seen them before now! So all of the ones here I have seen are female, haven't seen a male yet :)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.088392 -35.376507
Places Torrens, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
29 Apr 2021 03:58 PM Recorded on
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TheCrabLord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects

Additional information

Walls, fences, deck rails Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

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
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

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South Australia

Victoria

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