c3mm. Black thorax and head, yellow under-abdomen (dark on top) with yellow legs. The arista has strong black pubescence. The top of the thorax has dull longitudinal dorsal stripes (view from behind) and the scutellum is rough with many hairs emerging from small warty protuberances.

• c3mm
• arista with strong black pubescence
• black glossy thorax with dull longitudinal dorsal stripes
• scutellum rough with hairs emerging from small warty swellings
• abdomen yellowish underneath
• legs yellow
• frontal triangle (top of head) glossy black
• yellow hairs on the abdomen

All year.

Overwinters as an adult in evergreen vegetation such as Ivy.

Common.

Common but under-recorded.