http://www.curci.de/WeevNews/beitrag24/beitrag24.htm Lixus obesus Petri completes his generation in seed capsules of Prangos uloptera DC., a new ecological niche for the genus Lixus Fabricius, that is known to be stem-boring. Females open holes in young seed capsules and lay single eggs or in groups of 3-4 eggs. Larvae are feeding in seed capsules and pupate afterwards at the same place. The new generation of adults migrates after emerging by flight to hibernation sites. Thus, L. obesus produces one generation per year in northeastern Anatolia. Six parasitoid species, Bracon urinator (F.), Exeristes roborator F., Scambus brevicornis Gravenhorst, Pteromalus sp. aff. vibulenus Wlk., Pimpline sp., and Mesopolobus sp., were reared from larval and pupal stages of L. obesus. none