Female

Length: 11-14mm;
Wing Length: 8.25-12mm;
Proboscis Length: 3.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - November (Earliest: 19.4)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult)	Salix cinerea Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Models:	Bombus hypnorum

Nature Spot: Eristalis intricarius

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