Length ~4 mm. A small bug, generally orange-brown with blackish markings and translucent forewings. Although sometimes rather variable, there are usually two dark bars on the scutellum, which is unpunctured.

Found on a wide variety of plants but favouring deciduous trees, particularly Oak.

Adult: All year.

This species overwinters as an adult, mating in the spring; the new generation is complete by late summer. It is a predatory species.

This species is found commonly across southern Britain.

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.