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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Coenosiinae » Coenosiini » Tiger Flies (Coenosia) » Coenosia tigrina
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Tiger Fly with prey - Coenosia tigrina
Copyright © 2011 iNaturalist

Tiger Fly with prey - Coenosia tigrina
Blackberry Farm, Stevens Creek, Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California, USA
October 4, 2011
Size: ~4-5 mm
Small calyptrate fly with prey, stream environment. Linked images reveal a little more about the prey (Chrysopid?).

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Contributed by iNaturalist on 6 October, 2011 - 4:34pm
Last updated 21 May, 2014 - 12:51pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… iNaturalist, 14 October, 2011 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Coenosia tigrina
Probably Coenosia tigrina.
… John F. Carr, 6 October, 2011 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
What about the prey...
any thoughts? capture and suck dry kind of predation, like an Asilid? do Muscids do that? Inquiring minds here want to know. My impression was that the prey was struggling.
… iNaturalist, 6 October, 2011 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I just stumbled on this article and thought it was cool
It might answer some questions on how this genus attacks and kills, but also, for those who would like to enjoy the sport of falconing on a budget.

Basically on trains a tiger fly to launch from their finger, grab prey from out of the air, and return to the hunter's finger, prey in tow!

see: http://www.diptera.info/articles.php?article_id=17
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 20 May, 2014 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Leafhopper?
Just a guess.
… Steve Nanz, 13 February, 2012 - 4:37am login or register to post comments

fly
Take a look at the flies in the Genus Coenosia.
… Ilona L., 6 October, 2011 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

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