A univoltine species, flying from mid-May (occasionally earlier) to the end of June. Tomozei (2014) states that the species is bivoltine and flies in two generations from the end of April to August. Mavromoustakis (1948; 1951; 1952; 1954) reports activity in Frebruary, March and April in Cyprus.
In Thessaly (Greece), Standfuss et al. (2011) report flight activity from April to June
Parasites and predators: Host of the cleptoparasitic bee species Nomada piccioliana (Westrich, 1989; Amiet, 2010).