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Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly, is a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Since the late 20th century, H. illucens has increasingly been gaining attention because of its usefulness for recycling organic waste and generating animal feed.
Black soldier fly larvae. - Kaan Mika/iStockphoto/Getty Images. The black soldier fly, “can grow on almost every type of food waste and byproduct you can imagine,” Aarts said.
Black soldier fly larvae. Currently, AgriProtein breeds black soldier fly larvae on food waste from a variety of sources including restaurants and supermarkets. After they pupate, the larvae are processed into MagMeal - a sustainable, high quality protein that can be fed to all monogastric animals such as chickens, pigs, fish [4] [5] [6] and pets. [7]
Terrestrial larvae are found in organic substrates: in decomposing vegetable matter and animal excreta, in moist soils and litter, under the bark of trees, etc. Inopus rubriceps (Macquart), the sugarcane soldier fly, is a pest: the larvae attack the roots of sugarcane in Australia.
Body length 13,5–17 mm. Eyes of the male hairy, and those of the female without any yellow postocular collar. Tibiae and venter mainly black, the latter with pale bands. Abdomen dorsally with three pairs of small, yellow spots and the apex yellow or orange. [6] [7] [8] [9]
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