Family

Soldier Flies

Stratiomyidae

23 species in our catalog · found in 42 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderDiptera (Flies)
FamilyStratiomyidae (Soldier Flies)

Species in this group

Hermetia illucens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Boreoides subulatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Exaireta spinigera

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Stratiomys badia

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ptecticus aurifer

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Inopus rubriceps

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Odontomyia hunteri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nigritomyia fulvicollis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chloromyia formosa

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ptecticus testaceus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Cyphomyia wiedemanni

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Odontomyia angulata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Actina viridis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ptilocera quadridentata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Hermetia hunteri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ptecticus trivittatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nemotelus nigribasis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nothomyia calopus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Sargus bipunctatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Hermetia subpellucida

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Odontomyia rufipes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Oplodontha viridula

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Nemotelus notatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

<5%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

~10%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Soldier Flies

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	3 of 23	~20%
	Australian Wingless Soldier Fly			~10%
	Odontomyia hunteri			~10%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
2	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	3 of 23	~20%
	Ptecticus aurifer			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Nigritomyia fulvicollis			~10%
3	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
4	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			<5%
5	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~20%
	Australian Wingless Soldier Fly			~20%
6	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 23	~10%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
	Odontomyia hunteri			~10%
7	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	2 of 23	~10%
	Ptecticus testaceus			~10%
	Cyphomyia wiedemanni			~10%
8	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 23	~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Orange-Horned Green Colonel			~10%
9	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	3 of 23	~10%
	Actina viridis			~10%
	Compost Fly			<5%
	Black Soldier Fly			<5%
10	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 23	~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			<5%
	Garden Soldier Fly			<5%
11	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 23	~10%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
12	Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
13	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~10%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
14	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
15	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
16	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
17	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
18	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 23	~10%
	Stratiomys badia			~10%
19	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 23	~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Common Green Colonel			<5%
	Flecked Snout			<5%
20	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
21	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Actina viridis			~10%
	Compost Fly			~10%
22	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1 of 23	~10%
	Sugarcane Soldier Fly			~10%
23	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			<5%
	Hermetia subpellucida			<5%
24	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
25	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
26	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~10%
	Nothomyia calopus			<5%
	Odontomyia rufipes			<5%
27	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
28	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
29	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
30	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
31	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
32	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
33	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 23	~10%
	Ptilocera quadridentata			~10%
34	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
35	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
36	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 23	~10%
	Hermetia hunteri			~10%
37	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 23	~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
38	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1 of 23	~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
39	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 23	~10%
	Nemotelus nigribasis			~10%
40	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	1 of 23	~10%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
41	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 23	<5%
	Black Soldier Fly			<5%
42	Galápagos Islands	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 23	<5%
	Black Soldier Fly			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Goiânia	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 23	~60%
	Ptecticus testaceus			~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~40%
2	Cần Thơ	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 23	~50%
	Black Soldier Fly			~50%
3	Davao City	🇵🇭 Philippines	1 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~40%
4	Tasikmalaya	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
	Ptilocera quadridentata			~10%
5	Raipur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~40%
6	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	🇧🇴 Bolivia	2 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
	Ptecticus testaceus			~10%
7	Monrovia	🇱🇷 Liberia	1 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~40%
8	Thrissur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~40%
9	Valencia	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2 of 23	~40%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
	Ptecticus testaceus			~20%
10	Nanchang	🇨🇳 China	1 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
11	Yogyakarta	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
	Ptilocera quadridentata			~10%
12	Tiruppur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
13	Thiruvananthapuram	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
14	São Luís	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
	Ptecticus testaceus			~10%
15	Auckland	🇳🇿 New Zealand	3 of 23	~30%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Sugarcane Soldier Fly			<5%
16	Lusaka	🇿🇲 Zambia	1 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
17	Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	5 of 23	~30%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Australian Wingless Soldier Fly			~10%
	Odontomyia hunteri			<5%
	Sugarcane Soldier Fly			<5%
18	Gwangju	🇰🇷 South Korea	1 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
19	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 23	~30%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
20	Jakarta	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
	Ptilocera quadridentata			~10%
21	Colombo [Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte]	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1 of 23	~30%
	Black Soldier Fly			~30%
22	Kozhikode	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
23	Fortaleza	🇧🇷 Brazil	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Ptecticus testaceus			~10%
24	João Pessoa	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
25	Ponnani	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
26	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3 of 23	~20%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			~10%
	Common Green Colonel			<5%
27	Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	4 of 23	~20%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Odontomyia hunteri			<5%
	Australian Wingless Soldier Fly			<5%
28	Algiers	🇩🇿 Algeria	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
29	Paris	🇫🇷 France	4 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			<5%
	Garden Soldier Fly			<5%
30	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	3 of 23	~20%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			<5%
31	Brisbane	🇦🇺 Australia	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Garden Soldier Fly			~10%
32	Taichung	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
	Ptecticus aurifer			~10%
33	Santo Domingo	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
34	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 23	~20%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~20%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			~10%
35	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	3 of 23	~20%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			~10%
	Common Green Colonel			<5%
36	Surabaya	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
37	Nanjing	🇨🇳 China	2 of 23	~20%
	Ptecticus aurifer			~10%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
38	Taipei	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Ptecticus aurifer			~10%
39	Denpasar	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
40	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 23	~20%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			~10%
41	Tegucigalpa	🇭🇳 Honduras	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
42	Tuen Mun	🇨🇳 China	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Ptecticus aurifer			~10%
43	Kochi	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
44	Prayagraj	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
45	Bengaluru	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
46	Yangon	🇲🇲 Myanmar	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
47	Ho Chi Minh City	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
48	Recife	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
49	Coimbatore	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
50	Belém	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
51	Salvador	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
52	Guwahati	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
53	Kollam	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
54	Managua	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
55	Portland	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Twin-Spot Centurion Fly			~10%
56	Dehradun	🇮🇳 India	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
57	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~10%
	Broad Centurion Fly			~10%
58	Manaus	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
59	Asuncion	🇵🇾 Paraguay	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%
60	Manila	🇵🇭 Philippines	1 of 23	~20%
	Black Soldier Fly			~20%

Soldier Flies

Species in this group

Black Soldier Fly

Australian Wingless Soldier Fly

Garden Soldier Fly

Stratiomys badia

Ptecticus aurifer

Sugarcane Soldier Fly

Odontomyia hunteri

Nigritomyia fulvicollis

Broad Centurion Fly

Ptecticus testaceus

Cyphomyia wiedemanni

Orange-Horned Green Colonel

Actina viridis

Ptilocera quadridentata

Hermetia hunteri

Compost Fly

Nemotelus nigribasis

Nothomyia calopus

Twin-Spot Centurion Fly

Hermetia subpellucida

Odontomyia rufipes

Common Green Colonel

Flecked Snout

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Soldier Flies

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked