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Platycheirus scutatus
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Platycheirus scutatus

Platycheirus scutatus is a very common species of hoverfly. It is a Holarctic species.

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7 branches of this group, most-observed first

Many-tufted Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus scutatus

Splendid Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus splendidus

Platycheirus aurolateralis

speciesPlatycheirus aurolateralis

Speight's Sedgesitter

speciesPlatycheirus speighti

Platycheirus pamiricus

speciesPlatycheirus pamiricus

Platycheirus atlasi

speciesPlatycheirus atlasi

Platycheirus sibiricus

speciesPlatycheirus sibiricus

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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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 1304239.