Couple
With Prey: Sphaerophoria scripta

Length: 9.5-13mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - July (Earliest: 17.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge	Gardens
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous):	Several Asteraceae	Persicaria maculosa	Heracleum sphondylium	Ranunculus repens
	Rubus idaeus
Possible Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous):	Rumex	Veronica	Epilobium	Stachys
	Plantago	Salix
Food: (Adult)	Sphaerophoria scripta	Other Insecta	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Cosmoconus elongator Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Tenthredo mesomela
InsektenBox: Tenthredo mesomela
Plant Parasites of Europe: Tenthredo mesomela

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