Males are characterized by conspicuous trowel-like dilatations or fore-tibial shield-like structures used in burrow excavation.

[2][3] The adults of these solitary wasps feed on nectar of various of umbellifers (Apiaceae), mainly on Angelica sylvestris, Pastinaca sativa, Heracleum and Daucus carota.

[3] They build their nests 15 to 20 centimeters deep in sandy or loamy soil, sometimes in rotten wood.

Females provisions her larvae with paralysed Pyralis and Diptera of various families (Anthomyiidae, Therevidae, Asilidae, Calliphoridae, Empididae, Syrphidae, Tabanidae).

[5] These digger wasps colonize dry sandy areas, lowland heaths and coastal dunes, but the can also be found in urban areas, in spruce forest edges, chalk grassland and open woodlands.