Dry diverse meadows, old abandoned vineyards, edges of forest, dry warm waste places (DE)
Chalk downland and chalk pits (GB)
Urban and rural habitats, in dry and wet regions, although it prefers moist areas. In the mountains, it can be found at altitudes above 2,000 m asl (Nature Reserve Theberda, Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan: Osytshnjuk unpublished data V. Radchenko pers. comm. 2014)(EU)