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Lateral view - Hermetia illucens
Copyright © 2010 R. Berg

Lateral view - Hermetia illucens
Alameda County, California, USA
August 1, 2010
Size: 16.9 mm bl
Possibly the same individual as , photographed on July 27. It may be dying: it sat still on a pole-bean leaf (Phaseolus vulgaris) for hours, enabling measurement this time and a shot of that curious window in its abdomen.
Contributed by R. Berg on 1 August, 2010 - 11:16pm

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