Male

Length: Male 6-8mm, Female 5-8mm;
Wing Length: 4.75-6.75mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - September (Earliest: 17.6)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Stem Borer)	Pilosella officinarum
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia mutabilis

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