Chlorops pumilionis (Bjerkander 1778) (Family Chloropidae)


Couple

Length: 2-3.5mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
(4-10 Days) ? July
(22 Days)
May - October
(Earliest: 6.6)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Meadows
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Stem Borer)

Elytrigia repens

Phleum pratense
Food:
(Adult)

Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen

Calystegia sepium Nectar, Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Chlorops pumilionis
Plant Parasites of Europe: Chlorops pumilionis


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