Male

Female

Length: 14-16mm;
Wing Length: 9.75-13mm;
Proboscis Length: 7-8mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	All Year (Earliest: 16.2) Migratory

Biotopes:	Meadows	Heath and Moorland	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult) 90% Nectar 10% Pollen	Several Apiaceae Nectar	Many Asteraceae Nectar	Several Rosaceae Nectar	Valeriana officinalis Nectar
	Lotus corniculatus Nectar	Galeopsis tetrahit Nectar	Succisa pratensis Nectar	Anemone nemorosa Pollen
	Galanthus nivalis Pollen	Mentha spicata Nectar	Barbarea vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar
	Calluna vulgaris Nectar
Predators: (Larva)	Graphomya maculata Larva
Parasitoids: (Larva)	Rhembobius bifrons Larva	Rhembobius quadrispinus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Common Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax
Insektenbox: Mistbiene

Pictures © 2003, 2004 J.K. Lindsey

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