Hermetia illucens
American Soldier Fly at Wodonga, VIC
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| Hermetia illucens | MichaelBedingfield | 5 Dec 2022 | |
| Hermetia illucens | KimberiRP | 2 Dec 2022 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 28 Nov 2022 |
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User's notes
There were two of them never closer to each other than two feet. They would take of, zig zag and stagger in flight, touch the water in the bird bath and then back to sit again. The brown/red/orange wings where very noticeable both in flight and when sitting. Not seen this one before.
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Location information
- Coordinates 146.880958-36.143007
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 28 Nov 2022 02:07 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Hermetia illucens Other true flies True flies (Diptera) Insects
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
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