Conservation Status
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Common.
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Cyclicity
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Adults have been collected in May to July.
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General Description
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Member of the americanum group (subgenus Ochthedromus). Often greenish, blue, or almost black; legs usually darker, palpi and 1st antennal segment hardly paler. Somewhat dull, due to strong microreticulation which is granulate on outer elytra intervals. Prothorax with rounded sides and short sinuation before hind angle. Elytra with large, foveate dorsal punctures in the 3rd stria. Length 6.8 to 7.7 mm.
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Habitat
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On clay near water; common at the margin of saline water.
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Life Cycle
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Overwinters in the adult stage.
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Trophic Strategy
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Both larvae and adults are predatory.
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Bembidion bifossulatum: Brief Summary
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Bembidion bifossulatum is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
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