Gorytes quinquecinctus (Fabricius 1793) (Family Crabronidae)
Male |
Length: Male 8-11mm, Female 10-13mm
Biotopes: |
Wet Meadows |
Hedge Rows |
Food: (Stocked by Female for Larva) |
Paralysed Philaenus spumarius |
Possible Food: (Stocked by Female for Larva) |
Paralysed Cicadellidae |
Food: (Adult) |
Angelica sylvestris Nectar |
Heracleum sphondylium Nectar |
Nest: |
Bare Ground |
Mimics: |
Sericomyia silentis |
Possible Parasitoids: |
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae |
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