Length: 3-6.5mm;
Wingspan: 8-12mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - October (Earliest: 16.5)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Wet Forest	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Tipula paludosa Larva
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Ranunculus acris Nectar, Pollen	Prunella vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Stellaria graminea Nectar, Pollen
	Geranium sylvaticum Nectar, Pollen	Sisymbrium officinale Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium montanum Nectar, Pollen	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen
	Epilobium hirsutum Pollen

Tachinid Recording Scheme (UK): Siphona geniculata

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