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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.
Stratiomys singularia, the flecked general, is a Palearcticspecies of soldier fly. [3] [4] [5] Description ... The larvae are detritus feeding in shallow, sometimes ...
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.
Making food out of insects is one way to do that: Bugs take up less space and subsist on waste that would otherwise be discarded. Black soldier fly larvae. - Kaan Mika/iStockphoto/Getty Images
A new invasive insect is emerging in Central Ohio, and state officials want to know if you see one. Here's what to know about the elm zigzag sawfly.
Research on genome expression in the mayfly Cloeon dipterum, has provided ideas on the evolution of the insect wing and giving support to the so-called gill theory which suggests that the ancestral insect wing may have evolved from larval gills of aquatic insects like mayflies. [99] Mayfly larvae do not survive in polluted aquatic habitats and ...
Larvae can be important in the soil ecosystem, because they process organic material and increase microbial activity. [11] Larvae and adults are also valuable prey items for many animals, including insects, spiders, fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals. [16] Adult crane flies may be used for transport by aquatic species of the mite family Ascidae.
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]