Male

Couple

Length: 7.5-9mm;
Wing Length: 7-9.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - August (Earliest: 2.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Root Borer)	Ranunculus acris	Ranunculus repens
Food: (Adult)	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen	Cytisus scoparius Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi agg.
Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia albitarsis

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