[1][2] Subspecies include: [3] This species is present in most of Europe, in North Africa and in the Near East.

These crane flies inhabit woodland edges, gardens, fields, rough grassland, and farmland.

[6][7] The body is yellow with a few short, black stripes on the thorax , a black horseshoe mark on the side[6] and a broad dark stripe[6] on each section of the abdomen.

The wings have a thin, yellow line near the leading edge.

[6][7] Media related to Nephrotoma appendiculata at Wikimedia Commons