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Garden Soldier Fly (Exaireta spinigera)
Species
Exaireta spinigera
- Garden Soldier Fly
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
(Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder
Stratiomyomorpha
Family
Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
Subfamily
Beridinae
Genus
Exaireta
Species
spinigera
(Garden Soldier Fly)
Other Common Names
Blue Soldier Fly
Explanation of Names
Exaireta spinigera
(Wiedemann 1830)
Size
~14 mm
(
1
)
Range
native to Australia, introduced to NA (Pacific Coast); established in CA and BC
(
1
)
Food
decaying organic matter
(
1
)
Remarks
earliest NA record: CA 1985; not a pest
(
1
)
Print References
Swann J.E., R.D. Kenner, R.A. Cannings, C.R. Copley (2006)
Exaireta spinigera
(Diptera: Stratiomyidae): the first published North American records of an Australian soldier fly. J. Entomol. Soc. Brit. Columbia 103: 71-72 (
Full text
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Works Cited
1.
Aliens Among Us: British Columbia's Most Recent Arrivals
Contributed by
Martin Hauser
on 13 September, 2006 - 3:56pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
Last updated 7 March, 2013 - 1:48pm