Platycheirus sticticus (Meigen, 1822)

Identification

Identification difficulty = 4. according to Ball & Morris, 2024[^HKB6B3NI]

Biology

The habitat preferences of adults are little known, but the species has been taken in rough grassland, along woodland edge and hedgerows up to 240m. Larval habits are also unrecorded.

Flight period

The following plots show the number of unique records per week that were not reported to be of eggs, larvae or pupae.

Status

Lower Risk (Nationally scarce) - Ball & Moris, 2014[^AKGI585H]. Notable - Falk, 1991[^ULSPA9KZ].

Distribution

Records are extremely widely scattered, suggesting that there are no obvious habitat affinities that might be recognised from biogeography. Although seemingly scarce, it may well be overlooked amongst commoner grey-marked Platycheirus species.

Trends

The following plots show the Frescalo TFactor vs year and a map of the rescaled frequency (all records) for the species. For an explanation see here.