What a grisly beginning to a wonderful blog. If you never wrote a word, the pictures alone would be fantastic. But your description, may I call it a lesson (for me), is fascinating. I will no longer disdain flies as a category. Black soldier fly (why soldier?). The best part I think was the description (and picture) of the pupae.
Reblogging this wonderful post...and sharing on Twitter. Hope the picture shows up there. Catch more 'flies' that way :)
Thanks! Flies are a very important part of an ecosystem. I can't answer why it is called a soldier fly