This is a form of Saldula saltatoria and is frequently mistaken for that. it occurs in estuarine marshes on the east coast, the west coast and a few old records from Scotland. Very little is know about the inland records occurring in the fens around Cambs, Lincs and Northants although it has recently been found on brownfield sites so likely it is expanding its range more inland.

It is predaceous and adults have been collected between June and September but again, little is known of it's lifecycle.

Distribution:

Only found at Etton-maxey Nature Reserve by Peter Kirby in 2015.

Habitat:

Found in estuarine marshes, shores of high altitude lakes and pools. Also recently on brownfield sites and in eastern marshes in east anglia and Kent.

This appears to be expanding its range inland and wider across the country

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