---
title: "Common Tachinid"
description: "Tachina fera — Insects & spiders. Tachina fera is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-tachinid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Tachinid

> Tachina fera — Insects & spiders. Tachina fera is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae.

- Scientific name: *Tachina fera*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14840
- Wikidata: [Q1634197](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634197)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52591](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52591)

## Names

- en: Common Tachinid
- de: Igelfliege
- fr: Tachinaire sauvage
- nl: Woeste sluipvlieg
- pl: Rączyca rdzawa

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2369), DE (2241), DK (1039), FR (487), NL (348), AT (233), PL (225), CZ (163), IT (149), LU (136), RU (116), BE (84)

## Summary

Tachina fera is a species of fly in the genus Tachina of the family Tachinidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachina_fera

## Photo

![Common Tachinid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-tachinid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yann Kemper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180679659

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-tachinid?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).