Platycheirus angustatus (Zetterstedt 1843) (Family Syrphidae)


Male

Female

Length: 6.5-7.5mm;
Wing Length: 5-7mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? (Winter) ? April - September
(Earliest: 24.4)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Peat Bogs and Mires
Food:
(Larva)

Aphididae
Food:
(Adult)

Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Alliaria petiolata Nectar, Pollen

Eriophorum angustifolium Pollen

Prunus avium Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators:
(Larva)

Several Crabronidae


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