Male

Female

Length: 9-11mm;
Wing Length: 7-10mm;
Proboscis Length: 4-6mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	(Winter)	?	March - November (Earliest: 14.3)

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland	Meadows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult) 90% Nectar 10% Pollen	Many Asteraceae Nectar	Aegopodium podagraria Nectar	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar	Cardamine pratensis Nectar
	Salix aurita Nectar	Viburnum opulus Nectar
Parasitoids: (Larva)	Rhembobius quadrispinus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Models:	Colletes daviesanus

Nature Spot: Eristalis arbustorum

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