Male

Female

Length: 7.5-13mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(2 Days)	(Winter)	?	April - November (Earliest: 14.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food:	Dung
Food: (Larva)	Diptera
Food: (Adult)	Phallus impudicus	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
Predators:	Mellinus arvensis

Nature Spot: Polietes lardarius

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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