Male

Female

Length: 10-14mm;
Wing Length: 7-12mm;
Proboscis Length: 5.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - October (Earliest: 8.5)

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Leucanthemum vulgare Nectar, Pollen	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar Pollen	Ranunculus repens Nectar, Pollen
	Epilobium hirsutum Nectar, Pollen	Rubus fruticosus Nectar, Pollen	Crataegus Nectar, Pollen	Calluna vulgaris Nectar, Pollen
	Cytisus scoparius Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Predators: (Larva)	Graphomya maculata Larva

Nature Spot: Myathropa florea
Insektenbox: Gemeine Dolden-Schwebfliege

Pictures © 2003, 2004 J.K. Lindsey

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