[2] Adults have pale translucent hemelytra,[3] a red stripe on the edge of a pale green pronotum, a yellow scutellum, a black head, long red-banded antennae and bright yellow cuneus that are tipped with dark red.

[4] This common predatory bug hunts for small insects, as aphids and red mites.

[5] Adults' flight time is from June to October during which they could be found on numerous deciduous trees, including hazel, hawthorn and oak.

[3] The peculiarity of this bug is that in almost all of its range males are extremely rare, as C. virgula reproduces without mating (parthenogenesis).

This characteristic has an exception in Sicily and in North Africa, where the males are commonly present and the species has a normal sexual reproduction.