Male

Female

Length: 8.5-20mm;
Forewing Length: 4.8-14.9mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	(Winter)	April - October (Earliest: 8.6)

Attack Chemicals
Hydrolases	Acid Phosphatase, Esterase, Esterase Lipase, Galactosidase, Glucosidase, Lipase
Polypeptides	Pimplin

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva)	Several Nymphalidae Pupae	Papilionidae Pupae	Several Pieridae	Several Drepanidae Pupae
	Many Erebidae Pupae	Many Geometridae Pupae	Most Lasiocampidae Pupae	Many Noctuidae Pupae
	Several Notodontidae Pupae	Several Sphingidae Pupae	Several Tortricidae Pupae	Ostrinia nubilalis Pupa
	Saturnia pavonia Pupa	Pseudoips prasinana Pupa	Pleuroptya ruralis Pupa
Possible Food: (Larva)	Lycaenidae Pupae	Other Nymphalidae Pupae	Other Drepanidae Pupae	Other Erebidae Pupae
	Other Geometridae Pupae	Other Lasiocampidae Pupae	Other Noctuidae Pupae	Other Notodontidae Pupae
	Psychidae Pupae	Saturniidae Pupae	Other Sphingidae Pupae	Other Tortricidae
	Zygaenidae Pupae
Food: (Adult)	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar	Tanacetum vulgare Nectar

Nature Spot: Pimpla rufipes
Insektenbox: Schwarze Schlupfwespe

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