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Hermetia illucens
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Hermetia illucens
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Hermetia illucens on a rose
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Stratiomyomorpha
Superfamily: Stratiomyoidea
Family: Stratiomyidae
Subfamily: Hermetiinae
Genus: Hermetia
Species: H. illucens
Binomial name
Hermetia illucens
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
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Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly, is a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae.
The larvae and adults are considered neither pests nor vectors. Instead, black soldier fly larvae play a similar role to that of redworms as essential decomposers in breaking down organic substrates and returning nutrients to the soil.

Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are an excellent source of sustainable protein for aquaculture, animal feed, pet and human nutrition.[2] The larvae have voracious appetites and can be used for composting household food scraps and agricultural waste products. Recent research in the field of entomoremediation shows the potential of this insect for purification of biomass contaminated with heavy metal
This species is native to the Neotropical ecozone, but in recent decades has spread across all continents, becoming virtually cosmopolitan. It is present in most of Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Italy, Croatia, Malta, the Canary Islands, and Switzerland. It can also be found in the Afrotropical ecozone, the Australasian ecozone, the east Palaearctic ecozone, the Nearctic ecozone, North Africa, and the Indomalayan realm ecozone.
The adults of H. illucens measure about 16 mm (5/8 inch) long.[5] These medium-sized flies have a predominantly black body, with metallic reflections ranging from blue to green on the thorax and sometimes with a reddish end of the abdomen. The second abdominal tergite has translucent areas, from which the specific Latin epithet derives. The head is wide, with very developed eyes. The antennae are about twice the length of the head. The legs are black with whitish tarsi. The wings are membranous; in the resting time, they are folded horizontally on the abdomen and overlapped.[6]

H. illucens is a mimic fly, very close in size, color, and appearance to the organ pipe mud dauber wasp and its relatives. The mimicry of this particular kind of wasp is especially enhanced in that the fly's antennae are elongated and wasp-like, the fly's hind tarsi are pale, as are the wasp's, and the fly has two small transparent "windows" in the basal abdominal segments that make the fly appear to have a narrow "wasp waist".[6] Black soldier fly larvae can be differentiated from blowfly or housefly larvae by a thin gray-black stripe on their posterior ends.

Lifecycle
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An adult female lays between 206 and 639 eggs at a time.[7] These eggs are typically deposited in crevices or on surfaces above or adjacent to decaying matter such as manure or compost and hatch in about 4 days.[8] Freshly emerged larvae are 0.04 inch (1 mm) long, being able to reach a length of 1 inch (27 mm) and weight of 0.10 to 0.22 g by the end of larval stage.[6] The larval stage last about 22 days,[7] of which the postfeeding (prepupal) stage lasts around 7 days.[9] The length of larval stage can be delayed by months due to low temperature or lack of food.[8] The pupal stage lasts from 1 to 2 weeks.[9][10] Adults can live typically 47 to 73 days when provided with water and food, such as sugar in captivity or nectar in the wild,[11] or survive for about 8 to 10 days on fat reserves gathered during larval stage when water is provided.
Uses in composting or as food for animals
Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) are used to compost waste or convert the waste into animal feed. The harvested pupae and prepupae are eaten by poultry, fish, pigs, lizards, turtles, and even dogs.[12] The wastes include fresh manure and food wastes of both animal and vegetable origin.

At the pupal stage, black soldier flies are at their nutritional peak.[6][citation needed] They can be stored at room temperature for several weeks, and their longest shelf life is achieved at 50–60 °F (10–16 °C).[citation needed]

Fly larvae are among the most efficient animals at converting feed into biomass. Aside from the protein production, fly larvae also produce another valuable resource called frass. Fly larval frass is a granulated and odorless residue that can be used as organic fertilizer.[13]
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