Vulgichneumon bimaculatus
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Vulgichneumon bimaculatus , recorded in the Belgian Ardennes |
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Vulgichneumon bimaculatus is a species of the parasitic wasp family(Ichneumonidae).
Appearance
Their bodies and legs appear predominantly black. The label (on the back) and the end of the abdomen are white. Their antennas have a white ribbon in the middle. Their size can reach a centimeter.
distribution and habitat
Their distribution area extends over most of Europe between the United Kingdom and Russia to Central Asia ( Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan ). There are no reports from Portugal , Norway and most of Southeastern Europe . Forests like hedges are the habitats of Vulgichneumon bimaculatus .
Way of life
Vulgichneumon bimaculatus can be observed around the summer months from June to August.
nutrition
Like all parasitic wasps , the larvae of the species Vulgichneumon bimaculatus live as parasitoids . They parasitize the caterpillars of owl butterflies . The adults feed on the nectar of the meadow hogweed .
Taxonomy
The ichneumon wasp was first described as Ichneumon bimaculatus by Franz von Paula Kasten in 1776 after he had not found it in Linnaeus' Systema naturae . He gave the parasitic wasp the German name Zweifleckiger Raupentöter . This common name is no longer common, as with caterpillars killer certain ground beetles of the genus Calosoma ( Calosoma ) or Tachinidae are called.
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz von Paula cabinet: directory of some insects, which are not thought of in the Linneean natural system. Additions to Natural History, pp. 59–98, Leipzig 1776, p. 86 (first description)
literature
Franz von Paula Cabinet : Directory of some insects that are not thought of in the Linneean natural system. Additions to Natural History, pp. 59–98, Leipzig 1776, p. 86 (first description)
