Conservation Status
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Relatively common.
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Cyclicity
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Adults fly from June to August.
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Distribution
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This species is common across the northern and montane areas of the continent. It ranges from Alaska, Oregon and Utah, east to Newfoundland and south to Alabama (Wiggins, 1998).
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General Description
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Adult heads are medium brown and the antennae are banded with light and dark brown. The forewings are usually covered with dense fine setae and the hindwings are greyish-brown with a few apical markings. Spur formula is 2, 4, 4. In males, the basal article of the clasper is bell-shaped. Distal article is as long as the basal article and the ventral lobe is bifurcated and claw-like (Wiggins, 1998).
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Habitat
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Standing waters and possibly some slower waters.
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Life Cycle
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Annual?
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Trophic Strategy
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Larvae are predacious.
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Agrypnia improba
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