Pollenia amentaria [vespillo] (Scopoli 1763) (Family Calliphoridae)


Male

Female

Length: 4.7-11mm;
Wingspan: 16-19mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? March - September
(Earliest: 1.3)

Biotopes:
Meadows

Heath and Moorland

Spruce Forest Edge
Food:
(Larva)

Lumbricidae
Food:
(Adult)

Dung

Dead Mammalia, Aves Juices

Tussilago farfara Nectar, Pollen

Daucus carota Nectar, Pollen

Calluna vulgaris Nectar, Pollen
Predators:
Mellinus arvensis

Nature Spot: Pollenia amentaria


Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014 J.K. Lindsey

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