Nephrotoma crocata

Size 2 to 2.5 cm. A striking insect with black and yellowy-orange banding.

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Associated with sandy soils, old gravel/sand workings even old rabbit borrows, though sometimes on peats or bare calcareous soils.

April to October.

Widespread but very local in England and Wales.

Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland