The larvae are important predators of aphids while adults are pollinators.

[1] Adults are 6–7 mm long, with yellow stripes on the thorax and cross banding on the abdomen with four longitudinal, yellow stripes or spots on the fourth and fifth tergite.

The face is yellow and lacks a complete median stripe.

[2] Adults of A. obliqua occur throughout the year in the southern part of their range.

Quebec in Canada, Bermuda, Mexico, and some parts of the Neotropical Americas, and the West Indies.