Polyporivora picta
This species has a grey and black patterned abdomen.
It is separated from Polyporivora ornata by its black scutellum (grey in P. ornata).
Female 
Male 
Members of the Platypezidae are associated with wooded areas. Adults may be found performing rapid erratic movements on broad leaves of both woody and herbaceous plants, evidently feeding on surface deposits.
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Adult males form aerial swarms before mating using trees or bushes as swarm markers. Larvae are fungivores.
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Status in Leicestershire and Rutland to follow.
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
18 October 2020
Mike Higgott
County Hall
18 October 2013
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
18 October 2020
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
18 October 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Platypezidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 18/10/2013 (Higgott, Mike)
- Last record:
- 18/10/2020 (Gould, David)
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Mike Higgott
County Hall
18 October 2013
Mike Higgott
County Hall
18 October 2013
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
18 October 2020
