Male with Prey	Female
Couple

Length: 5-11mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Imago
?	?	(Winter)	March - November (Earliest: 26.1) (4-5 Generations)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva)	Dung	Diptera Larvae
Food: (Adult)	Diptera	Several Asteraceae Nectar	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
	Trientalis europaea Nectar, Pollen	Veronica chamaedrys Nectar, Pollen	Ranunculus ficaria Nectar, Pollen	Myosotis nemorosa Nectar, Pollen
	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen	Crataegus Pollen
Parasitoids:	Entomophthora muscae	Phygadeuon cylindraceus Larva	Phygadeuon subtilis Larva
Predators:	Philonthus marginatus

Nature Spot: Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Biodiversity Reference: Common Yellow Dung Fly
Insektenbox: Gelbe Dungfliege

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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