Empis aestiva Loew 1867 (Family Empididae)


Male

Female

Length: Male 2.5-3.5mm, Female 2.3-3.5mm;
Wing Length: Male 2.6-3.4mm, Female 2.6-3.4mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? June - August
(Earliest: 17.6)

Biotopes:
Spruce Forest Edge
Food:
Diptera

Potentilla erecta Nectar

Stellaria graminea Nectar

Lapsana communis Nectar

Frangula alnus Nectar
Predators:
Crossocerus elongatulus

Lindenius albilabris


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