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Tiger fly

Coenosia tigrina

Photo by CJWhitmill
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Field Notes

Description:

Body length about 5 mm; eyes red; thorax brown with a longitudinal row of dark spots on each side of the middorsal line, each spot centred around the insertion of a robust hair; abdomen brown with large dark spots; legs mainly brown-grey, with red on the distal end of each femur.

Habitat:

Urban garden.

Notes:

Resting on rhubarb leaf.

Adult tiger flies are predators of other flying insects, including garden pests such as onion maggot flies.

Species ID Suggestions

Tiger Fly

Coenosia tigrina

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2017

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