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Platycheirus pictipes Group
Platycheirus pictipes
Platycheirus pictipes, the cobalt sedgesitter, is a common species of syrphid fly observed in Western North America and across Canada. Hoverflies can remain nearly motionless in flight. The adults are also known as flower flies for they are commonly found on flowers from which they get both energy-giving nectar and protein-rich pollen. Larvae are aphid predators.
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
California Sedgesitter
speciesPlatycheirus russatus
Mundane Sedgesitter
speciesPlatycheirus striatus
Carcross Sedgesitter
speciesPlatycheirus coracinus
Wood's Sedgesitter
speciesPlatycheirus woodi
Platycheirus latus
speciesPlatycheirus latus
Platycheirus luteipennis
speciesPlatycheirus luteipennis
Cobalt Sedgesitter
speciesPlatycheirus pictipes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1304236.