Male

Female

Length: 8-11.5mm,
Wing Length: 8.75-10.75mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - June (Earliest: 27.3)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Root & Stem Borer)	Cirsium palustre
Food: (Adult)	Centaurea jacea Nectar, Pollen	Petasites hybridus Nectar, Pollen	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Bracon obscurator Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia albipila

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