This beetle was found on a nettle leaf in Handsome Hollow. Its overall occurrence in Fontenelle Forest is not known. In general the adult stage of these beetles is spent within the soil during the summer or fall of their final year. The adults remain in the soil until the following spring.

Many click beetles are larger in size than this species. Beetles in the family Elateridae are commonly called click beetles, elaters, skipjack, snapping, or spring beetles. They possess a mechanism by which they can violently launch themselves several inches into the air, by which method they can avoid predators and right themselves if they happen to fall on their backs.