Scambus nigricans (Thomson 1877) (Family Ichneumonidae) 
|   Female
 |  | 
Length: 4.5-12mm; 
Forewing Length: 4-10mm
| Egg | Larva | Pupa | Adult | 
| ? | ? | (Winter) | May - October (Earliest: 16.7)
 (Winter)
 | 
| Biotopes: |   Hedge Rows
 | 
| Food: (Larva)
 |   Several Tortricidae
 |   Alsophila aescularia
 |   Phigalia pilosaria
 |   Agonopterix heracliana Larva
 | 
|  |   Depressaria radiella
 |   Gortyna flavago Larva
 |   Lymantria dispar Larva
 |   Mompha conturbatella Larva
 | 
|  |   Malacosoma neustria
 |   Adaina microdactyla Larva
 |   Oxyna parietina Larva
 | 
| Possible Food: (Larva)
 |   Other Elachistidae
 |   Gelechiidae
 |   Other Geometridae
 |   Other Noctuidae
 | 
|  |   Prodoxidae Larvae
 |   Other Pterophoridae Larvae
 |   Pyralidae Larvae
 |   Sesiidae Larvae
 | 
|  |   Other Tortricidae
 |   Tenthredinidae
 |   Chloropidae Larvae
 |   Other Tephritidae
 | 
| Food: (Adult)
 |   Tanacetum vulgare Nectar
 | 
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