Animal Diversity Web gives the following habitat information for Hermetia illucens: adult resting sites in built-up residential areas and on farms.
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Animal Diversity Web gives the following habitat information for Hermetia illucens: adult resting sites in built-up residential areas and on farms.
Black soldier fly larvae live in a wide range of decaying plant and animal materials as terrestrial scavengers.
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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T104814634 · last approved 8 November 2026
The black soldier fly is endemic to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Western Hemisphere and has spread to the continents of the Eastern Hemisphere through human activity.
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