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Black soldier fly larvae are used as feed for pets and livestock animals. The harvested pupae and prepupae are eaten by poultry, fish, pigs, lizards, turtles, and even dogs. [40] [41] The insect is one of the few insect species approved to be used as feed in aquaculture in the EU. [42] At the pupal stage, black soldier flies are at their ...
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek στρατιώτης - soldier; μυια - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extant genera worldwide.
For example, the flies known as "emergers" in North America are designed by fly fishermen to resemble subimago mayflies, and are intended to lure freshwater trout. [83] In 1983, Patrick McCafferty recorded that artificial flies had been based on 36 genera of North American mayfly, from a total of 63 western species and 103 eastern/central species.
Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is a species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It is native to Thailand. It is native to Thailand. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its genus name comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "Near soldier wasp-fly", with its specific epithet meaning "wasp fly-like".
Exaireta spinigera commonly known as the garden soldier fly, [4] blue soldier fly, [5] and spiked lion fly [6] in Russian. The species is a part of the Stratiomyidae family. The originally described holotype of the species was kept in the Berlin Museum and was discovered when Australia was still referred to as New Holland. [1]
1 Description. 2 Biology. 3 Distribution. 4 References. ... Stratiomys singularia, the flecked general, is a Palearcticspecies of soldier fly. [3] [4] [5] Description.
Euparyphus rothi is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. [2] Distribution. United States. References This page was last edited on 17 November ...
Oxycera meigenii can reach a body length of about 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in).. These soldier flies have red antennae. On mesonotum of both sexes are present longitudinal yellow stripes, connected to humeral spots, in female abrupt at the middle.