Adulto: nettare di un grande varietà di specie vegetali tra cui Achillea ptarmica, Ajuga reptans, Alliaria petiolata, Allium triquetrum, Arctium minus, Asclepias syriaca, Aster, Berteroa incana, Brassica napus, B. rapa, Buddleja davidii, Calendula arvensis, Calluna vulgaris, Cardamine heptaphylla, C. hirsuta, C. pratensis, Centaurea decipiens, C. jacea, C. nigra, C. scabiosa, Chaerophyllum temulum, Cirsium arvense, C. palustre, Clinopodium vulgare, Convolvulus arvensis, Crepis, Dianthus, Dimorphotheca ecklonis, Dittrichia viscosa, Echium angustifolium, E. vulgare, Erodium cicutarium, Eruca vesicaria, Erysimum cheiri, Eupatorium cannabinum, Ficaria verna, Geranium robertianum, Hedera hibernica, Helminthotheca echioides, Hesperis matronalis, Inula helenium, Jacobaea vulgaris, Knautia arvernensis, Lamium purpureum, Lathyrus odoratus, Lavandula angustifolia, L. x intermedia, Lobularia maritima, Lunaria annua, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lythrum salicaria, Medicago sativa, Mentha aquatica, Nepeta cataria, Origanum vulgare, Ornithogalum divergens, Oxalis pes-caprae, Photinia serratifolia, Picris, Potentilla sterilis, Prunella vulgaris, Rabelera holostea, Raphanus raphanistrum, Rubus fruticosus, Salvia uliginosa, Saxifraga granulata, Scabiosa, Sedum, Silene dioica, Succisa pratensis, Taraxacum aberrans, T. officinale, Tripolium pannonicum, Tropaeolum majus, Valeriana officinalis, V. rubra, Verbena bonariensis, V. officinalis, Veronica persica, Vicia cracca, V. sativa, Viola riviniana e Zinnia elegans. (vedi fonti).