Male

Female

Length: 13-16mm;
Wing Length: 10-11mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - August (Earliest: 11.3) (Migratory)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Eutrophic Pools
Food: (Larva)	Submerged Plant Litter
Food: (Adult) 90% Nectar 10% Pollen	Many Asteraceae Nectar	Several Apiaceae Nectar	Several Rosaceae Nectar	Mentha arvensis Nectar
	Mentha suaveolens Nectar	Calystegia sepium Nectar	Malva moschata Nectar	Valeriana officinalis Nectar
	Hypericum perforatum Pollen	Urtica dioica Nectar	Cardamine amara Nectar, Pollen
	Most Salix Nectar	Castanea sativa Nectar	Calluna vulgaris Nectar
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

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