[1] External images For terms see Morphology of Diptera Wing length 6-9·5 mm.

[4] [5][6][7] Palearctic Fennoscandia South to Iberia, the Mediterranean basin.

Ireland East through Europe into European parts of Russia and Turkey.

Flowers visited include white umbellifers, Arbutus unedo, Chaerophyllum, Euonymus, Euphorbia, Filipendula, Hedera, Rubus, Salix, Sorbus, Viburnum opulus.

[10] The flight period is March to October (earlier and longer in southern Europe).