Zele deceptor
The head and abdomen of this insect are orangey red and the wing has a yellowish stigma.
Various habitats.
Late summer.
A parasitic species with a rather wide host range centred on the larvae of medium-sized geometrid moths.
Badly under recorded, but believed to be fairly common throughout much of Britain.
Under recorded, but probably quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 August 2011
female
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 August 2011
female
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
28 August 2011
female
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Braconidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 28/08/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 01/09/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
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egaten
Thurlaston garden
11 September 2015
unidentified - illustrative image
egaten
Thurlaston garden
11 September 2015
unidentified - illustrative image
