Male

Female

Length: 9-12mm;
Wing Length: 7.75-10.25mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - September (Earliest: 15.5)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge	Beech Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous Root & Stem Borer)	Scrophularia nodosa	Cirsium vulgare
Food: (Adult)	Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Scorzoneroides autumnalis Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Cheilosia variabilis
Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia variabilis

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