Length: 6-8mm;
Forewing Length: Male 4.5-5.5mm, Female 4.5-6.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - September (Earliest: 21.6)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Adult)	Achillea millefolium Nectar	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Parasites Nest of:	Several Apidae

Atlas Hymenoptera: Sphecodes ephippius Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Sphecodes ephippius
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Sphecodes ephippius
Wildbienen: Blutbienen: Sphecodes ephippius

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