Platycheirus sticticus

Platycheirus sticticus is a species of hoverfly. It is found in many parts of Europe across to Siberia.

Description
External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Tibiae 1 only slightly dilated at apex and with only scattered short, hair-like lateral bristles, yellow with a dark lateral marking at midlength.

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Distribution
Palearctic Southern Sweden and Denmark South to the Pyrenees and North Spain. Ireland East through Central Europe into Russia and on to eastern Siberia.

Biology
Habitat Picea, Pinus plantation and Quercus woodland. Flies May to August.