Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Tiger Flies (Coenosia)
Photo#225140
Fly (Muscoidea?) with prey - Coenosia
Copyright © 2008 Mardon Erbland

Fly (Muscoidea?) with prey - Coenosia
47.63029N 52.68738W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
September 14, 2008
Size: 1 cm estimated
I already posted a fly today that looks pretty much like the predator in these photos but I thought I'd post this one also because it shows the prey. Perhaps it's possilbe to ID the prey as well as the predator?

The similar looking fly that I photographed earlier today is here:
Muscoidea?

Images of this individual: tag all
Fly (Muscoidea?) with prey - Coenosia Fly (Muscoidea?) with prey - Coenosia
Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 14 September, 2008 - 5:12pm

Coenosia
with Lonchoptera prey. Nice pics!
… Matthias Buck, 14 September, 2008 - 5:59pm

 
Thank you!
-
… Mardon Erbland, 14 September, 2008 - 6:40pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.