Male	Female
Couple with Scathophaga stercoraria

Length: Male 9-11mm, Female 9-13mm;
Wing Length: Male 9.3-11mm, Female 8.7-11mm;
Proboscis Length: 3-3.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - August (Earliest: 4.5)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows
Food:	Scathophaga stercoraria	Other Insecta	Several Apiaceae Nectar	Several Rosaceae Nectar
	Bistorta officinalis Nectar	Valeriana officinalis Nectar	Cirsium palustre Nectar	Geranium sylvaticum Nectar

Nature Spot: Empis tessellata

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