Platycheirus podagratus

Platycheirus podagratus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in the Holarctic.

Description

Tibiae 1 is strongly and rapidly broadened on the apical third. Leg 3 is black with a yellow knee. The abdomen is slender.
See references for determination.

Distribution

Palearctic: Fennoscandia south to the Pyrenees, Ireland eastward through Northern Europe and mountainous parts of Central Europe into Russia and on to Southeast Siberia. Nearctic: Alberta and Ontario.

Biology

Habitat: Fen, margins of lakes, rivers and brooks in unimproved grassland, taiga and moor; unimproved montane and alpine grassland.
It flies from the end of May to mid-August.