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Black Soldier Fly - Hermetia illucens
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Black Soldier Fly - Hermetia illucens
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 28, 2009
Size: 13mm (1/2")
Hermetia illucens?

Notice the orange spot. It is coming out of the end of a damaged antennae. See 2nd and 3rd pics. It doesn't appear to be a liquid but rather a gel or something. What is it?

Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 1 June, 2009 - 9:50am
Last updated 3 June, 2009 - 11:58am

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My guess is it is a milkweed pollinium:
http://insects.tamu.edu/images/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/hymenoptera/scoliidae/campsomeris_tolteca_adult_dorsal_m_01.jpg
… Sean McCann, 1 June, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
Not pollinia
I have seen pollinia many times and they don't look like this at all. Besides, more often they get stack to the feet when the bug accidentally places it in the gaps of the flower. I don't remember seeing one on antennae.
See this.
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 November, 2009 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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