Female

Length: 7-8mm;
Wing Length: 6.25-7.25mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - October (Earliest: 30.8)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Wet Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Monophagous Root & Stem Borer)	Cirsium palustre
Food: (Adult)	Bellis perennis Nectar, Pollen	Scorzoneroides autumnalis Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Cheilosia cynocephala

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