Male

Female

Length: 9-11mm;
Wing Length: 8.5-10.25mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - September (Earliest: 16.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Root & Stem Borer)	Angelica sylvestris	Heracleum sphondylium
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae
Models:	Andrena cineraria

Nature Spot: Cheilosia illustrata
Insektenbox: Cheilosia illustrata
Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia illustrata

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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