Male

Female

Length: 8-10mm;
Wing Length: 7-9mm;
Proboscis Length: 4-4.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(Winter)	?	March - November (Earliest: 30.4)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Aphididae
Food: (Adult)	Alopecurus pratensis Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Platycheirus peltatus

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