Fig. 1. Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758). Image from Samuel Ewing. Permission obtained and accredited under copyright. |
Fig. 2. Schematic of an industrial composting process employing the use of Hermetia illucens larvae as a composting organism and harvesting for production of fish feed (Newton et al., 2005). Obtained and accredited under fair use |
Fig 3. Image of yellow soldier fly (Ptecticus trivittatus). Obtained from Sally G. Miller. Permission obtained and accredited under copyright. |
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Fig. 22. Image of Hermetia illucens adult feeding on sugar syrup. Image by Jonathan Tan. |
Fig. 23. Successful mating of Hermetia illucens individuals in copulaImage. Obtained and use with permission from Foo Maosheng |
Fig. 24. Hermetia illucens female laying eggs in corrugated cardboard. Image by Gee W. Obtained and accredited from Wikimedia Creative Commons |
Fig. 25. Diagram showing life cycle of Hermetia illucens. Obtained from YouTube under fair use |
Fig. 26. First five instars of Hermetia illucens followed by pre-pupae and pupae stages (from left to right). Image by Jonathan Tan |
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Fig. 29. Molecular phylogenetic tree for Diptera by Wiegmann et al. (2011). Circles on the tree indicate well-supported nodes with bootstrap values >80%. Nodes with stars indicate improvement of bootstrap values after postanalysis pruning of non-stable taxa. Coloured squares indicate certain ecological traits (listed at bottom left) present in at least one species of the family.Obtained and accredited under fair use |
Fig. 30. Molecular phylogenetic tree showing relationship of various sub-families of Stratiomyidae by Brammer & Dohlen (2007). The tree is one of the six most-parsimonious trees found with PAUP and NONA via combined EF-1-alpha and 28S sequences. Branch lengths reflect and are proportional to the number of base substitutions. Bootstrap values for nodes are indicated below the branches. Box in red indicates the sub-family Hermetiinae that contains Hermetia illucens. Abbreviations of sub-family names are as follows: P = Parhadrestiinae, Ch = Chiromyzinae, Pa = Pachygastrinae, B = Beridinae, A = Antissinae, Cl = Clitellariinae, Cr = Chrysoclorininae, H = Hermetiinae, N = Nemotelinae, S = Sarginae, St = Stratiomyinae, R = Raphiocerinae. Obtained and accredited under fair use |
Fig. 31. Chronogram showing the divergence of dipteran clades and estimated time of divergence by Wiegmann et al. (2011). Shaded boxes represent uncertainty in phylogenetic analysis and crucial periods of rapid diversification for diptera. The vertical height of the coloured triangles represents the estimated numbers of species described in each clade with Stratiomyomorpha indicated in pink. The corresponding height of the grey scale bar represents 10, 000 species. Timescale represents millions of years before present. Obtained and accredited under fair use. |
Fig. 32. Chronogram from r8s analysis of both EF-1-alpha and 28S sequences by Brammer & Dohlen (2007). Timescale represents millions of years before present. Nodes that had their age constrained due to fossil evidence are represented by filled circles with the corresponding age indicated. Branches with high posterior probability (>90%) and bootstrap support (>775%) are bolded. The bracket indicates the Cretaceous period. Sub-family Hermetiinae is highlighted via the red box. Abbreviations of sub-family names are as follows: P = Parhadrestiinae, Ch = Chiromyzinae, Pa = Pachygastrinae, B = Beridinae, A = Antissinae, Cl = Clitellariinae, Cr = Chrysoclorininae, H = Hermetiinae, N = Nemotelinae, S = Sarginae, St = Stratiomyinae, R = Raphiocerinae. Obtained and accredited under fair use |