Chrysotoxum fasciatum [arcuatum] (Müller 1764) (Family Syrphidae)


Male

Female

Length: 9-12mm;
Wing Length: 8-10.25mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? May - September
(Earliest: 14.5)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest Edge

Peat Bogs and Mires
Food:
(Adult)

Scorzoneroides autumnalis Nectar, Pollen

Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen

Narthecium ossifragum Nectar, Pollen

Hypericum perforatum Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators:
(Larva)

Several Crabronidae
Models:
Vespula rufa


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