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Tiger Fly

Coenosia tigrina

Notes:

It was killing another small fly.

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Tiger Fly
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4 Comments

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Thanks Christine!

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 10 years ago

Great spotting!

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 10 years ago

Thanks a lot! It's a really interesting fly, too bad couldn't get a better photo to show its prey.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Wonderful spotting of this predatory fly! I know I gave you a link to a North American page but this fly is native to Europe, introduced to North America. I found these in my yard last year:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/143...

FaredinAliyevski
Spotted by
FaredinAliyevski

Region Hovedstaden, Denmark

Spotted on Jun 9, 2013
Submitted on Jun 9, 2013

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