Male

Female

Length: 4.5-5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	Spring - Autumn (Earliest: 28.4)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Possible Food: (Larva) (Stem Borer)	Sambucus
Food: (Adult)	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar
Possible Parasitoids: (Larva)	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Figitidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Botanophila fugax
Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies: Botanophila fugax
Plant Parasites of Europe: Botanophila fugax

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