Male

Female

Couple

Length: 6.5-9.5mm
Wing Length: 5-7.5mm;
Proboscis Length: 2-2.5mm

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

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Pond Edge
Food: (Larva)	Aphididae
Food: (Adult)	Several Lamiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Artemisia vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
	Plantago lanceolata Pollen	Ranunculus repens Nectar, Pollen	Campanula rotundifolia Nectar, Pollen	Lotus pedunculatus Nectar, Pollen
	Geranium sylvaticum Nectar, Pollen	Crataegus Nectar, Pollen	Anthoxanthum odoratum Pollen	Alopecurus pratensis Pollen
	Carex nigra Pollen	Sparganium emersum Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Predators:	Oxybelus uniglumis
Other Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Platycheirus clypeatus

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012 J.K. Lindsey

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