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? - Hermetia illucens
Copyright © 2012 oliver1

? - Hermetia illucens
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
June 20, 2012
10 pm on window. Big -- guesstimate 2.5 cm.

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? - Hermetia illucens ? - Hermetia illucens
Contributed by oliver1 on 20 June, 2012 - 9:12pm
Last updated 2 September, 2012 - 7:35pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… oliver1, 20 June, 2012 - 9:23pm

Thank you
... for the synchronous IDs :)
… oliver1, 20 June, 2012 - 9:22pm

Looks like Black Soldier Fly
… tom murray, 20 June, 2012 - 9:18pm

Black Soldier Fly?
… Yurika Alexander, 20 June, 2012 - 9:18pm

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