Red-saddled Exorista - Exorista larvarum
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Species Description
Widespread and fairly frequent throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Open sites such as grassland, dunes, woodland, heathland, wasteland etc. Flight period: July to September (I have recorded it in November - a second generation?). Adults visit Umbellifers such as Hogweed and Wild Angelica. The larvae parasitise moth caterpillars, mainly the Lymantriinae and Lasiocampidae such as Cream-spot Tiger (Arctia villica), Wood Tiger (Parasemia plantaginis), Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa), Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae), Drinker (Euthrix potatoria) and Pale Eggar (Trichiura crataegi).