Male

Female

Length: 14-18mm;
Wing Length: 10.25-12.25mm

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

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland	Meadows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult)	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Aegopodium podagraria Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Mentha arvensis Nectar, Pollen
	Succisa pratensis Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Urtica dioica Nectar, Pollen	Bistorta officinalis Nectar, Pollen
	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen	Calluna vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Juncus articulatus Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Helophilus trivittatus
Insektenbox: Große Sumpfschwebfliege

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

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