A univoltine species; from late February to late May, rarely June and the beginning of July.
Mavromoustakis (1948) reports flight activity from March to May in Cyprus. Maghni (2017) states that the species flies from March to May in Algeria
Parasites: The bee Melecta albifrons is a well known cleptoparasite of this species. Sitaris muralis (Coleoptera: Meloidae) is a parasitoid of A. plumipes (rare in UK)