Length: 2.5-4mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	June - September (Earliest: 27.8) (2 Generations)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows
Food (Larva) (Oligophagous Stem Borer)	Deschampsia cespitosa	Elytrigia repens
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids: (Larva)	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Chlorops interruptus

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