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Length .

Phenology July to October

Identification This species has a dark stigma on the wings, black and yellow bands on abdomen, yellow and black thorax and a mainly yellow head.

Life Cycle

Habitat It prefers woods and hedges where there is plenty of shelter.

By This image is created by user Theo Aaldijk at waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons 

By This image is created by user Theo Aaldijk at waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons