Bed-jacket vs Soldier fly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Microchrysa flavicornis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Soldier fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Alectryon	Microchrysa
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Microchrysa flavicornis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Soldier fly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Soldier fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Soldier fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.