Male Colour Variants
Female	Couple

Length: 2.5-4mm;
Wing Length: Male 1.9-2.8mm, Female 2-2.7mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - August (Earliest: 10.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food:	Dung
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Daucus carota Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen
	Potentilla erecta Nectar, Pollen

Nature Spot: Saltella sphondylii

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