EN · large tiger hoverfly
DE · Große Sumpfschwebfliege
PL · gniłun okazały
These hoverflies inhabit wetland, river margins, seasonally flooded grassland and salt-marsh. They are anthropophilic in southern Europe, where it frequents irrigation ditches in farmland. The aquatic rat-tailed larva is a detritivore associated with decaying rhizomes of
Typha latifolia and with beds of
Glyceria maxima.