Description

Body length 6 to 7mm. The head is white with large red eyes. The thorax is shiny and metallic and the abdomen is dark with pale patches on the sides of the tergites.

Habitat

Well vegetated and damp areas beside ditches and boggy ground.

Status and distribution

Fairly widely but thinly distributed throughout Britain except in the north of Scotland. Few records for Nottinghamshire but regularly seen at Netherfield Lagoons.

Best time to see

June to September.