Stauropoctonus bombycivorus

A striking, large ichneumon with exceptionally long, orange antennae and orange legs. The abdomen is black and orange.

Various habitats in search of its host species.

Summer and early autumn.

It is a parasitoid of the Lobster Moth. It could be also be attacking other suitably large hosts in Britain, we just don’t know.

A local and infrequent species in Britain, it is thought to be scarcer than its host the Lobster Moth.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.