Platycheirus amplus

Platycheirus amplus the Broadhand Sedgesitter is a rare Holarctic species of hoverfly found in wetlands, fens, moorland streams and bogs.

Description

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Distribution

Palearctic: Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium. Nearctic: Alaska south to California.

Biology

Habitat: fen and poor fen, flushes and brooks in moor and bog.
It flies June to July. Playcheirus larvae feed on aphids on various low-growing plants and bushes.
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