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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 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 ...
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.
In males of these medium-small soldier flies the body is almost entirely black, but the scutellar tubercles can be yellowish. In any case in the females the apex of tergite 5 of the scutellum is yellowish. Moreover the scutellum has two spines. Also the abdomen is black with a single apical spot, rarely with yellow side-markings.
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 ...
Ptecticus is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae (soldier flies). [5] The ground colour of the body may be yellow, brown or black, and the abdomen often shows a degree of transverse stripes. They may mimic parasitic wasps in appearance and habits. The wings are often dusky and the second abdominal segment may be translucent.
Relatively little is known about appropriate behavioral expression for farmed species of insects. Adult black soldier flies are unlikely to be able to lek, a natural mating behavior, in most current cage sizes. Adult black soldier flies are unable to engage in natural foraging/feeding behaviors when not provided with feed. [31]
The life of the parasite can be traced through the black fly and the human hosts in the following steps: [13] [14] A Simulium female black fly takes a blood meal on an infected human host and ingests microfilaria. The microfilaria enter the black fly's gut and thoracic flight muscles, progressing into the first larval stage (J1.).