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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Hermetiinae » Hermetia » Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)
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Mydas Fly? - Hermetia illucens
Copyright © 2009 roar

Mydas Fly? - Hermetia illucens
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 15, 2009
Size: 32mm (wingspan)
This fly has cream colored legs and no red. Note the bluish markings on the very top of the abdomen. I cannot find any species of mydas fly that resembles this.

First for September PA.

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Contributed by roar on 3 October, 2009 - 6:35pm
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 8:40am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… roar, 3 October, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

looks like a Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens
to me.

… Andrew Williams, 3 October, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Yeah
I thought for sure it was a mydas fly. You are correct. I'll move it.
… roar, 3 October, 2009 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

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