The imago period is from the early April to end of May.The reproduction belongs to amphigenesis, but it may happen female parthenogenesis.A female average egg number is 3975.
Hawk-like stripes do, then, provoke what is, from a cuckoo's point of view, the desired reaction: less of the sort of behaviour that is likely to interfere with her egg-laying mission.
Cuckoos would have good reason to do so, since the warblers and other small birds in whose nests they lay their eggs are understandably frightened of hawks, and give them a wide berth.