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Description: Fairly distinctive as a moderately large species with neat parallel bands on tergites 2 and 3 with the yellow uniformly reaching the front edge. Found throughout the UK, very often attracted to umbellifers along wood edges or nearby meadows; however, it is somewhat local and rarely found in numbers. On the wing May to October, peaking usually in July.
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