Male

Female

Length: 11-16.5mm;
Wing Length: 8.25-12.75mm;
Proboscis Length: 6.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - November (Earliest: 27.3) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult) 90% Nectar 10% Pollen	Several Apiaceae Nectar	Many Asteraceae Nectar	Several Rosaceae Nectar	Alliaria petiolata Nectar
	Cardamine amara Nectar	Valeriana officinalis Nectar	Succisa pratensis Nectar	Mentha suaveolens Nectar
	Urtica dioica Nectar	Salix caprea Nectar	Salix cinerea Nectar	Sambucus nigra Nectar
	Castanea sativa Nectar	Vaccinium myrtillus Nectar	Spiraea alba Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Tapered Drone Fly - Eristalis pertinax
InsektenBox: Gemeine Keilfleckschwebfliege

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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