Platycheirus angustatus

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Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Identification ease/difficulty: 3

Sources of information

• Page 120, Pl. A, fig 9, Pl. 1, fig 17 in Stubbs & Falk (1983)
• Map here and page 114 in Ball & Morris (2000)
• Page 175, Pl. R, fig. 9; Pl. 1, fig. 17 in Stubbs & Falk (2002)

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Species account from Provisional atlas of British hoverflies, Ball & Morris, 2000.

Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)

Biology: The larvae feed on aphids within the ground layer. Found in damp grassland situations such as marsh, fen and seasonally flooded, unimproved grassland. Adults fly low down amongst tall, emergent vegetation and are usually found by sweeping. Visits a range of flowers including the flower heads of sedges and grasses

Distribution: Widespread and common throughout Britain