Male

Female

Length: 5-9mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(2-3 Days)	?	(Winter)	May - September (Earliest: 23.4) (4 Generations)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food:	Dung	Rotting Vegetation
Food: (Larva)	Diptera
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
Predators:	Mellinus arvensis

Nature Spot: Myospila meditabunda

Pictures © 2003, 2007, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

Caution

Back to Ecology of Commanster