Body length : 5-7mm.
Host plant : Polyphagous.
Found in deciduous woodland edges, hedgerows, orchards, scrub and flower-rich clearings.
Adults are often found on flowers, especially Heracleum sp. and Crataegus sp.
The larvae develop in dead, fungus-infested twigs and branches of many deciduous trees and shrubs.
Most recorded host plants : Alnus sp., Carpinus sp., Corylus sp., Crataegus sp., Fagus sp., Fraxinus sp., Malus sp., Populus sp., Prunus sp., Quercus sp., Salix sp., Tilia sp., …