---
title: "Common Tiger Fly"
description: "Coenosia tigrina — Insects & spiders. Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly, or common tiger fly, is a species of fly in the family Muscidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-tiger-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Tiger Fly

> Coenosia tigrina — Insects & spiders. Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly, or common tiger fly, is a species of fly in the family Muscidae.

- Scientific name: *Coenosia tigrina*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8819
- Wikidata: [Q13495342](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13495342)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133769](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133769)

## Names

- en: Common Tiger Fly
- de: Kleine Raubhausfliege
- fr: Coénosie tigrée

## Countries with the most observations

US (699), CA (220), GB (176), PT (30), DE (26), FR (21), NL (21), DK (17), GR (16), AT (14), BE (11), PL (10)

## Summary

Coenosia tigrina, the hunter fly, killer fly, or common tiger fly, 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. It is found in the Palearctic.

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

## Photo

![Common Tiger Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-tiger-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: dazedemon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124584190

## Machine access

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