page_title: Platycheirus albimanus
hierarchical_section_title: Platycheirus albimanus
caption_attribution_description: English: Platycheirus albimanus (female) - a small undergrowth hoverfly species.
context_page_description: Platycheirus albimanus is a common widespread species of hoverfly. A holarctic species its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Britain, mainland Europe, Russia, across Siberia to the pacific coast, the Philippines, Alaska, western Canada and United States.
  The larvae feed on aphids on a wide range of plants, shrubs and trees.
  Adults can be found in flight generally between April and October on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
context_section_description: Platycheirus albimanus is a common widespread species of hoverfly. A holarctic species its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Britain, mainland Europe, Russia, across Siberia to the pacific coast, the Philippines, Alaska, western Canada and United States.
  The larvae feed on aphids on a wide range of plants, shrubs and trees.
  Adults can be found in flight generally between April and October on the edges of woodland or scrub, heath or along hedgerows where they visit a wide range of flowers.
caption: female in flight
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