Hermetia
Nogales
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Coordinates: 31.335334, -110.938104
Elevation: 3,932 ft
July 24, 2022
Attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
Determined by Salvador Vitanza
Confirmed by Norm Woodley who said: “This is a Hermetia in the H. chrysopila group. It is not H. chrysopila according to the James & Wirth (1967) revision, because the tibiae are partly black. It seems closest to H. ryckmani, but I can’t be sure of the species.”