Male

Female

Length: 7-11mm;
Wing Length: 7-9.75mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - November (Earliest: 30.4) (Migratory)

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Aphididae
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen	Cardamine pratensis Nectar, Pollen
	Galeopsis tetrahit Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Anemone nemorosa Pollen	Campanula rotundifolia Nectar, Pollen
	Calluna vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Sambucus racemosa Nectar, Pollen	Eleocharis palustris Pollen	Glyceria fluitans Pollen
Parasitoids:	Diplazon laetatorius Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Meliscaeva cinctella
InsektenBox: Späte Frühlingsschwebfliege

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