Number of records: 4,308
Recorded in: 383 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 03 ix 2024
Identification difficulty
: 1Adult: Distinctive
Resident. Occurs sparingly at light, but is sometimes fairly common in a wide range of habitats. Widespread, but only patchily distributed. Local in numbers. Single-brooded, flying mainly from mid May to the third week of September. Larvae are associated with the nests of wild bees and wasps. (Pratt, 2011).
Crawley, 25 v 2025 Photo: Anthony Bennett
Crowborough, 2 v 2025 Photo: Charles Waters
Henfield, 19 v 2022 Photo: Paula Blake
Bexhill-on-Sea, 08 iv 2018 Photo: Derek Crawley
Fishbourne, 26 v 2022 Photo: Robert Watson
Crawley Down, 28 vi 2022 Photo: Martin Williams
Crawley Down, 3 vi 2023 Photo: Martin Williams
In Dormouse nest box Knepp Estate, 24 viii 2016 Photo: Dave and Penny Green
