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Chloromyia formosa (Green Soldier Fly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Chloromyia formosa is a species of 'Soldier Flies' belonging to the family Stratiomyidae. This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East, in the Nearctic ecozone and in North Africa. The adults grow up to 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) long and can mostly be encountered from April through August in moist forests and meadows, feeding on nectar of flowers (mainly of Apiaceae species). The larvae develop in humus-rich soil, feeding on dead leaves and other decaying vegetal substances.
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Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Aegopodium podagraria (bishop's goutweed)[1]
Angelica sylvestris bernardiae (woodland angelica)[1]
Anthriscus sylvestris (cow parsley)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Aegopodium podagraria (bishop's goutweed)[1]
Angelica sylvestris bernardiae (woodland angelica)[1]
Anthriscus sylvestris (cow parsley)[1]
Pimpinella major (hollowstem burnet saxifrage)[3]
Trifolium dubium (hop clover)[3]

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0