| Supposedly a
common Hoverfly, yet we have access to few
Nottinghamshire records. We have recorded it just once,
when photographing the one below at Gedling CP (formerly
Gedling Pit Top) in July 2016. It proved a difficult
species to photograph, rarely alighting on vegetation for
long enough to photograph. There are other county records
from Annesley Bentinck, Attenborough NR and Dyscarr Wood
in June 2017 (see photograph below right by Pauline
Bradford), but P. rosarum is probably widespread
in damp/wet habitats throughout the Trent Valley area. |
