American Soldier Fly at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Hermetia illucens | 6 Mar 2025 | GregD | ||
| Stratiomyidae (family) | 6 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Symphyta (suborder) | 10 Aug 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 3 Apr 2024 | GirtsO |
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User's notes
preening itself Im thinking, front and back leg movement happening while I watched.
4 comments
DiBickers
wrote:
6 Mar 2025
@MichaelMulvaney & @Jimbobo this looks distinctly like a Soldier Fly to me😊
Location information
- Coordinates 149.058941-35.394416
- Altitude 588.6m
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Mar 2024 10:57 AM Recorded on
- GirtsO Recorded by
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GirtsO NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
Additional information
- mountain pepper leaf, overnite I think Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Hermetia illucens Scientific name
- American Soldier Fly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 794.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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