8-10.5 mm. Jet black and glossy but with yellow wing bases. Legs all black. The eyes are bare. Wing cell R4+5 is narrowly open at the wing margin.

Tachina grossa is much larger and more stocky.

Mesembrina meridiana (Noon Fly) lacks the bristles.

A wide variety of habitats.

May - August

The host is unknown.

Widespread in the south.

Uncommon.