Male	Female
Couple	Larva

Length: 7-12mm;
Wing Length: 5-7mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(Earliest: 10.7)	?	April - November (Earliest: 20.4)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva)	Aphididae
Food: (Adult)	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Aegopodium podagraria Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Galeopsis tetrahit Nectar, Pollen
	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Ranunculus repens Nectar, Pollen	Stellaria graminea Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Predators:	Ectemnius dives	Tenthredo mesomela
Other Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Long Hoverfly - Sphaerophoria scripta
Insektenbox: Gemeine Stiftschwebfliege

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