A small (6 to 10 mm) longhorn beetle. The elytra appears a golden tawny brown fading to black, all other parts including head and legs are black.

Well wooded areas, parks and meadows where they will visit a range of flowering plants.

Between May and September.

Larvae bore longitudinal or undulating galleries in the sapwood of slender branches, trunks or decaying stumps, more especially in damp areas.

Widespread in England, particularly in the south, less common elsewhere.

Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.