Soldier Fly

Subject:  Black flying insect
Geographic location of the bug:  Daytona beach Fl
Date: 08/07/2018
Time: 01:17 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Found this in my home looked online found nothing seems like a carpenter bee
How you want your letter signed:  Trevor

Probably Black Soldier Fly

Dear Trevor,
This is a Solder Fly, and we believe, because of the white legs, that it is a harmless Black Soldier Fly,
Hermetia illucens, but we have never had to ID one from a ventral view.  ResearchGate has a ventral view.

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