Platycheirus clypeatus is a species of hoverfly. It is found across the Palearctic and in the Nearctic. The larvae feed on aphids. Adults are usually found on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Sedgesitter being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Platycheirus fulviventris
- Melanostoma fasciatum
- Melanostoma mellinum
- Platycheirus tarsalis
- Melanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus manicatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Platycheirus
- Species
- Platycheirus clypeatus
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