The head and thorax are black with a pale spot at the base of the thorax, the abdomen is yellow with a wide black band toward the rear end and the legs are black and yellow.

Images displayed in a pink box have not been definitively identified so should be considered representative of the species.

Good quality photograph required, It maybe necessary to get expert confirmation of your record.

Around well vegetated areas and flowers, particularly umbellifers.

Summer and autumn.

Larvae feed on moth caterpillars.

Its true status in Britain is not clear, but possibly infrequent.

Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.