Hermetia illucens: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Stratiomyidae
Genus: Hermetia
Species: Hermetia illucens
Scientific Name: Hermetia illucens

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hermetia illucens

Hermetia illucens, known colloquially as the black soldier fly, is a widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. In recent years, H. illucens has increasingly been gaining attention because of its hyperaccumulation of protein and fats via consumption of renewable substrates.

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Hermetia illucens in languages:

Catalan: Mosca soldat negra
Chinese: 黑水虻 (光亮扁角水虻 / 亮斑扁角水虻)
Chinese: 亮斑扁角水虻
Croatian: Crna vojnička muha
Dutch: Zwarte soldatenvlieg
Dutch: Zwarte soldaatvlieg
English: Black Soldier Fly
English: Window-waisted Fly
French: Mouche soldat noire
German: Schwarze Soldatenfliege
German: Soldatenfliege
Hebrew: זבוב החייל השחור
Indonesian: Lalat Tentera Hitam
Italian: Mosca soldato
Japanese: アメリカミズアブ
Korean: 아메리카동애등에
Modern Greek: Μαύρη στρατιωτόμυγα
Portuguese: Mosca-soldado-negra
Russian: Чёрная львинка
Thai: แมลงวันลาย

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Parent Taxon

Hermetia

Hermetia illucens: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hermetia illucens

Hermetia illucens in languages:

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Parent Taxon

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Hermetia illucens: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hermetia illucens

Hermetia illucens in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

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