Platycheirus rosarum
Wing length 5.5 to 7.75 mm. Both sexes are immediately recognisable by the shape and markings of the abdomen which widens steadily towards the tip and has a pair of pale yellow spots on segment T3 on an otherwise black background.
Wet meadows, and along the edges of water bodies such as ponds and ditches.
April to September peaking in June and July.
Widespread but local in Britain. It can be abundant where it occurs.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Gould
Ratby Meadow, Enderby
26 July 2016
Paul Ruddoch
Melton Mowbray Country Park
22 August 2014
male - showing distinctive abdomen markings
AJ Cann
Spearwort Fields
03 August 2018
Craig Mabbett
Broughton Astley Brick Quarry
04 June 2017
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
21 May 2017
Paul Ruddoch
Priors Close
20 August 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Hoverflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Syrphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 22/08/2014 (Ruddoch, Paul)
- Last record:
- 11/06/2022 (Smith, Peter)
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Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
21 May 2017
Paul Ruddoch
Priors Close
20 August 2015
Paul Ruddoch
Priors Close
20 August 2015
David Gould
Croft Glebe, Leics
27 June 2016
Paul Ruddoch
Priors Close
20 August 2015
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
21 May 2017
Graham Calow
Owston Woods
14 June 2018
