Coenosia tigrina
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| Coenosia tigrina | |
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| Coenosia tigrina North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]