Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)

Green with yellow and black spots, weakly hairy. Emerge from hibernation in mid May-early June. Larvae feed mainly on Vicia spp., but also on Lotus corniculatus, Lathyrus pratensis and Trifolium spp.

Pale yellow, placed low down and often hidden by vegetation.

Black ground colour, five red spots. Somewhat less shiny and smaller than Z. filipendulae and Z. lonicerae. Flies mainly in early July-early August. Attracted to plants of Knautia and Scabiosa, Centaurea and Cirsium arvense, but also to Valeriana officinalis and Inula salicina.