Male

Female

Length: 11-14mm;
Wing Length: 8.25-11.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - October (Earliest: 7.4)

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar	Several Asteraceae Nectar	Succisa pratensis Nectar	Mentha arvensis Nectar
	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar	Several Salix Nectar	Viburnum opulus Nectar	Calluna vulgaris Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Eristalis horticola

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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