Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Syrphidae)


Male

Length: 8.5-12mm;
Wing Length: 7-10.25mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? April - September
(Earliest: 21.6)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Wet Meadows
Food:
(Adult)

Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen

Angelica sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators:
(Larva)

Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Chrysotoxum bicinctum


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