9 mm male; scutellum hidden; dextral symmetry (photos 2 and 3); clavopruina short, broadly rounded at apex (circled at the left in photo 4), 1/2 as long as the pruinose area posterior to the nodal furrow (circled at the right in photo 4); clavus and corium marked with tiny longitudinal scratches (photo 5); mesepimeron narrower at the scent gland ostiole (circled at the right in photo 6) than the width of the prothoracic lobe (circled at the left in photo 6); prothoracic lobe broad; pala of with upper distal angle abruptly produced (photo 7); hind femur with a row of 11 spines on the distal portion of the rear ventral margin (photo 8); strigil on the right (photo 9)
In clearing in deciduous woods, not very far from the wetland.
In clearing in deciduous woods, not very far from the wetland. There was a lot of them.
Kilini Creek. The waterstrider suddenly moved towards me because it detected the leafhopper in the water (which I had not noticed). Collected for the Royal Alberta Museum (AEP permit #23-190).
In an empty lot, far from water or wetlands.
At edge of pond. All pictures show the same shell.
Found in large mall parking lot. Collected for the Royal Alberta Museum.
Coming out of the North Saskatchewan River in significant numbers. Female from same location: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/158421416. Collected for the Royal Alberta Museum.
Coming out of the North Saskatchewan River in significant numbers. Collected for the Royal Alberta Museum.