Male

Female

Larva

Length: 7-10mm;
Wing Length: 5-8mm;
Proboscis Length: 3-3.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(Earliest: 6.5)	?	March - November (Earliest: 17.4)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Heath and Moorland
Food: (Larva)	Aphididae
Food: (Adult)	Several Brassicaceae Nectar, Pollen	Caltha palustris Pollen	Ranunculus repens Nectar, Pollen	Stellaria holostea Nectar, Pollen
	Galeopsis tetrahit Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen	Hypericum perforatum Pollen
	Oxalis acetosella Pollen	Myosotis nemorosa Pollen	Luzula campestris Pollen
Parasitoids:	Tymmophorus obscuripes Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Predators:	Oxybelus uniglumis
Other Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: White-footed Hoverfly - Platycheirus albimanus
InsektenBox: Graue Breitfußschwebfliege

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