Garden soldier fly / Te ngaro hōia noho māra
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Diptera
- Whānau
- Family
- Stratiomyidae
Te Rahi
- 14 mm pea te roa o te tinana.I kawea mai i Ahitereiria ki Aotearoa nei.
Size range
- Body length about 14 mm
Te Tītaringa
- I kawea mai i Ahitereiria ki Aotearoa nei.
Distribution
- Introduced from Australia
Te Huringa Ora
- Kitea ai i te māra, ā, he wā anō kua hou atu ki rō whare.
- Tērā tonu ka kai ngā pakeke i te ngongo me te hae o ngā pua.
- Kai ai ngā torongū i ngā tipu kua pōpopo haere, tae atu ki ērā i ngā pūkai wairākau.
Life history
- Seen in gardens and sometimes in houses
- Adults probably feed on nectar and pollen in flowers
- Larvae feed on decaying vegetation, often in compost heaps
- A similar species, American soldier fly, is common in northern New Zealand