Platycheirus ambiguus
Males have the front legs entirely unmodified except for a curled bristle behind the tip of the front femora. In females tergites 3 & 4 have complete silvery bands across the basal half.
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Strongly associated with Blackthorn. The larvae are aphidophagous on the foliage of Blackthorn and other Prunus species.
Spring-summer.
Widespread.
Not often recorded.
AJ Cann
Knighton
10 April 2026
curled bristle behind the tip of the front femora
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true fly (Diptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Syrphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 10/04/2026 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 10/04/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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