[1] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 6·25–10 mm.

Female sternite 2 black at hind margin and dust spots on frons faint.

East into European and Russian Far East and Siberia to the Pacific coast (Kuril Islands)[8][9] Habitat: Fagus, Quercus and Betula woodland, alluvial deciduous forest, Pinus, Picea and Abies forest.

[10] Clearings, tracksides and arboreal, descending to visit flowers of white Umbelliferae Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Allium ursinum, Berberis, Caltha, Crataegus, Endymion, Euphorbia, Frangula alnus, Ilex, Lonicera xylosteum, Potentilla erecta, Prunus cerasus, Prunus spinosa, Ranunculus, Rubus idaeus, Salix, Sambucus, Sorbus aucuparia, Stellaria, Taraxacum.

Studies have indicated a very high morphological and genetic variability of D. venustus, suggesting that it is a complex of species.