A generally ubiquitous species, often occurring in great profusion on chalk grassland. (GB)
Open and dry habitats; Xerothermic swards, dry meadows, set-aside land, roadside verges. More rarely, from woodland margins, pine and mixed forests (PL) (Pesenko, Banaszak et al., 2000)
River valleys with thermophilous vegetation, marginal areas (such as roadside verges, ditch sides, irrigation ditches near maize (Zea mays) fields)(BG)