On Urtica dioica

Length: Male 4.3-4.9mm, Female 5-5.4mm

Egg	Nymph	Adult
(Winter)	?	July - October (Earliest: 9.7)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows
Food: (Polyphagous)	Cirsium arvense Sap	Urtica dioica Sap
Possible Parasites:	Several Dryinidae
Possible Predators:	Several Crabronidae	Several Miridae

Plant Parasites of Europe: Euscelidius schenckii

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