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).
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.