Male	Female
Couple	Strange Couple
Eggs	Larva

Result

Length: 4.1-5.8mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
(Earliest: 17.4) (10-12 Days)	(Earliest: 22.5) (3 Weeks)	?	June - June (Earliest: 7.4) (2 Generations)

Protective Chemicals
Iridoids	Chyrsomelidial, Epichyrsomelidial

Biotopes:	Meadows
Principal Food:	Rumex crispus	Rumex obtusifolius
Other Food:	Persicaria maculosa	Other Rumex
Parasitoids:	Bracon erraticus Larva	Meigenia mutabilis Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:	Several Pentatomidae	Several Miridae	Several Vespidae

UK Beetles: Gastrophysa
Nature Spot: Green Dock Beetle - Gastrophysa viridula
InsektenBox: Ampferblattkäfer
Plant Parasites of Europe: Gastrophysa viridula

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