Male |
Female |
|
Male |
Female |
Length: 14-18mm;
Wing Length: 9.5-14mm
| Egg | Larva | Pupa | Adult |
| ? | ? | ? | May - November (Earliest: 14.5) |
| Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Peat Bogs and Mires |
Heath and Moorland |
Meadows |
Hedge Rows | ||||
|
Microhabitat: (Larva) |
Eutrophic Pools | |||
|
Food: (Larva) |
Submerged Plant Litter | |||
|
Food: (Adult) |
Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen |
Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen |
Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen |
Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen |
Succisa pratensis Nectar, Pollen |
Galeopsis tetrahit Nectar, Pollen |
Ranunculus repens Nectar, Pollen |
Bistorta officinalis Nectar, Pollen | |
Crataegus Nectar, Pollen |
Calluna vulgaris Nectar, Pollen | |||
| Possible Parasitoids: |
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae | |||
| Models: |
Gorytes quinquecinctus |
Nature Spot: Bog Hoverfly - Sericomyia silentis
Pictures © 2003, 2008 J.K. Lindsey
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