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DiBickers wrote:

12 hrs ago

Have verified as per ID provided by Kim Pullen😊

Hermetia illucens

KimberiRP wrote:

Yesterday

Hermetia illucens, a Soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae)

Hermetia illucens

DiBickers wrote:

10 Jun 2025

@kasiaaus I’ll add Diptera sp. as a Suggestion for you😊

Diptera (order)

kasiaaus wrote:

9 Jun 2025

Thank you @DiBickers. I did not see any mud nest nearby so it is probably a fly larva. The spider with the parasite was on a gum tree trunk about 1.5m off the ground.

Diptera (order)

DiBickers wrote:

9 Jun 2025

@kasiaaus if these spiders were found near a broken mud nest it’s likely the grub is a wasp larva. If you found it out in the open with no nest nearby it’s likely this is a fly larva. An example that target spiders are the small-headed flies (Family Acroceridae). Unfortunately, I’ve never seen them ID’d in these instances & the only way to ensure identification is truly accurate would be to raise it and see what hatches after the larva pupates.

Diptera (order)