Coenosia tigrina | |
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Coenosia tigrina North Wales | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Muscidae |
Genus: | Coenosia |
Species: | C. tigrina |
Binomial name | |
Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775) | |
Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly, [1] or common tiger fly, [2] is a species of fly in the family Muscidae. Like other members of the genus, adults are predators that hunt flying insects, while larvae feed on earthworms. [3] It is found in the Palearctic. [4] [5]