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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Hermetiinae » Hermetia » aurata species group (Hermetia aurata species group)
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fly - Hermetia
Copyright © 2017 dvoribird

fly - Hermetia
Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, USA
April 19, 2017
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Contributed by dvoribird on 19 April, 2017 - 2:21pm
Last updated 3 May, 2020 - 4:26pm

Moved
Moved from Hoplitimyia constans.
… Martin Hauser, 3 May, 2020 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
very interesting!
The only Hermetia I've known is illucens who are so abundant in my yard that I've gotten to rear them from larvae.
I'm pretty sure I only saw this species a single time.
Thank you for identifying and moving this one!
… dvoribird, 3 May, 2020 - 6:08pm login or register to post comments

 
These native Hermetia develop
These native Hermetia develop in cacti and Agava plants.. If you have a decaying Cactus take a close look (and the Syrphid genus Copestylum loves those cacti too)...
… Martin Hauser, 4 May, 2020 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah, thank you!
That's good to know. I'm in central Texas, so we're all about Opuntia engelmannii, which seems to attract quite a variety of interesting creatures. I generally check Opuntia when I'm out in the field, but hadn't seen any soldier flies on them yet -- I will look.
Fortunately, the beautiful Copestylum flies come to the flowers in my tiny urban backyard so I get to see them (avidum, tamaulipanum, marginatum group).
Thank you for your kind help !!
… dvoribird, 5 May, 2020 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
you have to take a look at th
you have to take a look at the wounded and rotting cacti... They like to fly around them and if you cut the dead cacti open, you can see the larvae....They are not big in visiting flowers, but they sit on the ground and on plants... have fun exploring
… Martin Hauser, 5 May, 2020 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 19 April, 2017 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

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