Male

Female

Length: 13-17mm;
Wing Length: 10-15.5;
Proboscis Length: 7-7.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(Winter)	?	May - October (Earliest: 28.5)

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Apidae Wastes	Vespidae Wastes
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Rosaceae Nectar, Pollen	Valeriana officinalis Nectar, Pollen
	Succisa pratensis Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Urtica dioica Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Pellucid Fly - Volucella pellucens
Insektenbox: Gemeine Waldschwebfliege

Pictures © 2003, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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