[2] It mainly occurs in wet meadows and forests, but its narrow habitat is restricted to the range of its host plant.

[3] The adults have a large body with a showy metallic green-golden or bronze abdomen.

The thorax is black, with bluish sheen and it is slightly hairy.

[6][7] Adults can be seen from May to October feeding on nectar of Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), of Ferulago galbanifera (syn.

They have a sandy background colour with black and yellow spots.