Size
4.5-6.5mm
Basic colour
Black and red/orange-red
Pattern colour
Black spots on red/orange-red elytra
Number of spots
3 on each elytron, sometimes fused into transverse bands.
Spot fusions
Sometimes
Pronotum
Black, usually with a variable red/orange-red mark and lateral bands.
Leg colour
Darkened; brownish, sometimes tinged with other colours.
Species