sentences:  The adults feed on nectar from available flowers, and sometimes sap seepage from trees.Normally the last of the season's brood survive as larvae until the next season, but in some areas it survives as a dormant adult over winter.In New Zealand the yellow admiral pupae have been parasitised by both the self introduced wasp species "Echthromorpha intricatoria" as well as the introduced wasp "Pteromalus puparum".