Couple

Length: 6.5-10.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - July (Earliest: 17.5)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Peat Bogs and Mires
Food: (Larva)	Sparganium erectum Roots	Typha latifolia Roots
Possible Food: (Larva)	Carex
Food: (Adult)	Dactylorhiza maculata Pollen	Bistorta officinalis Pollen
Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Possible Predators:	Several Pentatomidae	Several Miridae	Several Vespidae

UK Beetles: Plateumaris sericea
Nature Spot: Plateumaris sericea
Plant Parasites of Europe: Plateumaris sericea

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