Conservation Status
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Common.
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Cyclicity
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This species has been collected from May to August and in October.
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Distribution
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This species is found throughout most of United States and Canada. In Alberta this species is found in the southern three fifths.
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General Description
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Member of the integer group, with 3 dorsal punctures on elytra, the anterior adjacent to 3rd stria. Black, upper surface more or less metallic, antennae black or piceous with base paler, sometimes 2 segments, front legs black, the posterior from piceous to dark reddish, femora usually darker. Elytron with 3 subhumeral foveae and 2 preapical punctures. Length 2.7-4.2 mm.
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Habitat
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On moist, clayish soil, at margin of fresh water, on bare spots between vegetation; at saline ponds.
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Trophic Strategy
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Both larvae and adults are predatory.
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