Male

Female

Length: 5-10mm;
Wingspan: 13-15mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	July - October (Earliest: 1.7)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Chrysoteuchia culmella Larva
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen
	Potentilla erecta Nectar, Pollen
Predators: (Larva)	Mellinus arvensis

Tachinid Recording Scheme (UK): Eriothrix rufomaculatus
Nature Spot: Eriothrix rufomaculata

Pictures © 2003, 2006, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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