Couple

Length: 5-8.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	May - August (Earliest: 5.6)

Biotopes:	Stream Banks	Ponds
Food:	Sparganium erectum
Possible Food:	Glyceria
Food: (Adult)	Ranunculus flammula Pollen	Caltha palustris Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:	Several Pentatomidae	Several Miridae	Several Vespidae

UK Beetles: Donacia semicuprea
Nature Spot: Donacia semicuprea
Plant Parasites of Europe: Donacia semicuprea

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