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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.
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.
Oxycera analis can reach a length of 5.5–7 millimetres (0.22–0.28 in) and a wingspan of 5.9–6.6 millimetres (0.23–0.26 in). [7] In males of these medium-small soldier flies the body is almost entirely black, but the scutellar tubercles can be yellowish.
Black flies are very small, just a bit bigger than gnats, and tend to gather in swarms. Stable flies look a lot like a typical house fly, except they have a protruding mouthpart to feed on (mostly ...
Nemotelus is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae. [4] [5] [6] ... Stratiomyidae. The species are black or (most) black with more or less, often ...
The black soldier fly, “can grow on almost every type of food waste and byproduct you can imagine,” Aarts said. That waste management is a big part of why insects can help ease the burden ...
Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides is a species of fly in the family Stratiomyidae.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".
Odontomyia tigrina, also called the black colonel, is a European species of soldier fly. [5] [6] [7] Distribution.