Zhang; et al. (2010). "An Artificial Light Source Influences Mating and Oviposition of Black Soldier Flies, Hermetia illucens". Journal of Insect Science (Online). 10 (202): 1–7. doi:10.1673/031.010.20201. PMC 3029228. PMID 21268697. Under the quartz-iodine lamp... mating pairs were observed...approximately 39% less than observed when observing the effects of sunlight