| Found on Apium
nodiforum (Fool's Water Cress) growing along
drainage ditches and slow moving water courses, Hypera
pollux visually resembles several other species of Hypera.
Knowing the foodplant can help considerably with
identification, but this seems to be a rare find in
Nottinghamshire. Having said that, Hypera pollux
will probably be abundant wherever it occurs. We found
both larvae and the 'cage-like' cocoons to be numerous in
a ditch near the Railway Pit at Hoveringham, in late July
2017. All the pupae we originally collected, proved to be
parasitised, so a return trip was needed to photograph
the adults. |
