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Common Tiger Fly

Coenosia tigrina

2,317Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
82Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr8
May327
Jun502
Jul463
Aug565
Sep266
Oct35
Nov6
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England190
2Worcestershire England105
3Warrington England92
4Dorset England84
5Devon England75
6Suffolk England73
7Isle of Anglesey Wales68
8Gwynedd Wales53
9Cambridgeshire England46
10North Yorkshire England40
11Cheshire East England40
12East Riding of Yorkshire England38
13Surrey England37
14City of Edinburgh Scotland36
15Leeds England33
1,757 England182 Scotland259 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,317
Peak month
August
Counties with records
82
Scientific name
Coenosia tigrina
Group
True flies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,146
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Coenosia
Name with authority
Coenosia tigrina (Fabricius, 1775)
Described
1775
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13495342 · GBIF 1528553