Male

Female

Length: 3-5mm;
Wing Length 3-5.25mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - November (Earliest: 17.8)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult)	Potentilla erecta Nectar, Pollen	Mentha arvensis Nectar, Pollen	Stellaria graminea Nectar, Pollen	Sonchus arvensis Nectar, Pollen
	Wahlenbergia hederacea Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Possible Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

Nature Spot: Neoascia tenur

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