A small (6 or 7 mm) longhorn beetle said to be camouflaged to resemble a bird dropping, but looking quite handsome for all that. It is distinguished by a thorn like tooth at the tip of each elytron. Scutellum all black (c.f. Pogonocherus hispidulus). 

Deciduous trees and shrubs.

From spring until autumn.

Fairly frequent and widespread in much of England and Wales ,fewer records from further north.

Widespread.