Distribution and Abundance:  Common.

Primary Habitat:  Wetland.

Flight Period:  Single brooded in September and October.

Observations:  Regularly seen at ivy bloom, several were noted feeding on the partly open flowers on 3 October 1987 at Blatherwycke Lake.   

L.O.N.:  1907. Near Kettering, Northampton, Blisworth, near Weedon. At ivy, &c.

First Record:  1843, Whitwell.