Length: 3.1-5.3mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - June (Earliest: 14.5) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous)	Lathyrus pratensis	Vicia sativa
Food: (Adult)	Anthriscus sylvestris Pollen
Parasitoids:	Triaspis obscurella Larva	Triaspis thoracica Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:	Several Pentatomidae	Several Miridae	Several Vespidae

UK Beetles: Bruchus rufimanus
Nature Spot: Bruchus rufimanus
Plant Parasites of Europe: Bruchus rufimanus

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