Male

Female

Length: Male 7-12mm, Female 9-14.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - October (Earliest: 6.6)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows
Possible Food: (Stocked by Female for Larva)	Paralysed Diptera
Food: (Adult)	Several Apiaceae Nectar	Cirsium arvense Nectar
Nest:	Dead Wood
Parasitoids:	Hoplocryptus confector Larva	Hoplocryptus quadriguttatus Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

BWARS: Ectemnius continuus
Nature Spot: Ectemnius continuus
InsektenBox: Ectemnius continuus

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