Female

Length: 11-12mm;
Wing Length: 8.5-11.75mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - May (Earliest: 14.4)

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Root & Stem Borer)	Cirsium palustre	Cirsium vulgare
Food: (Adult)	Tussilago farfara Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Cheilosia grossa
Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia grossa

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