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Two
black soldier flies
(
Hermetia illucens
) in the act of mating. A common and widespread species of
soldier fly
, the
larvae
serve many beneficial uses to humans: as
scavengers
in
compost heaps
, in
manure management
, in
forensic entomology
, and as
live pet food
. Adults, however, have no functioning mouth parts and instead spend their lives in search of mates and reproducing.
Photo credit:
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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