Male

Length: 12-15mm;
Wing Length: 10.25-13mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - September (Earliest: 16.5)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Senecio nemorensis Nectar, Pollen	Hypericum maculatum Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae
Models:	Vespula rufa

Nature Spot: Chrysotoxum cautum

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