Bug FAQCommon Tiger Fly
Coenosia tigrina · Order: Diptera · Family: Muscidae
Adult Common Tiger Flies hunt other flying insects, while their larvae eat earthworms. They are found throughout the Palearctic region.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Adults are predators that catch flying insects; larvae feed on earthworms.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
This species lives in the Palearctic.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Adults eat other flying insects; larvae consume earthworms.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is the Palearctic.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 32 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, New York, Washington, Alaska, Massachusetts, Oregon, Utah, Michigan.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in North America; introduced in United States; introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Muscidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenosia_tigrina
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Text written 2026-10-22 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.