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Body length : 8-12mm.
Host plant : Polyphagous.
Found in sunny deciduous and mixed woodlands, woodland edges, clearings, hedgerows, orchards and other habitats with abundant dead hardwood.
Adults feed on pollen and nectar and are commonly found on flowers, especially umbellifers, hawthorn, and bramble.
The larvae develop in dead, dry branches and twigs of deciduous trees, such as Acer sp., Betula sp., Carpinus sp., Corylus sp., Crataegus sp., Fagus sp., Frangula sp., Quercus sp., Robinia sp., …
