Male with Prey	Female
Couple

Length: 5-11mm;
Wing Length: Male 4.9-9.5mm, Female 4.1-7.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	(Winter)	March - November (Earliest: 3.1) (4-5 Generations)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows
Microhabitat: (Larva)	Dung
Food: (Larva)	Diptera
Food: (Adult)	Diptera	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Rosaceae Nectar, Pollen	Daucus carota Nectar, Pollen
	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Stellaria graminea Nectar, Pollen	Stellaria holostea Nectar, Pollen	Trientalis europaea Nectar, Pollen
	Veronica chamaedrys Nectar, Pollen	Ficaria verna Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Myosotis nemorosa Nectar, Pollen
	Alliaria petiolata Nectar, Pollen	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen	Sambucus nigra Nectar, Pollen
	Viburnum opulus Nectar, Pollen	Castanea sativa Nectar, Pollen	Calluna vulgaris Nectar	Acer platanoides Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Entomophthora scatophaga	Phygadeuon cylindraceus Larva	Phygadeuon subtilis Larva	Aphaereta minuta Larva
Predators:	Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mellinus arvensis	Oxybelus uniglumis	Philonthus marginatus
	Empis tessellata

Nature Spot: Yellow Dung Fly - Scathophaga stercoraria
Insektenbox: Gelbe Dungfliege

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