This is one of a group of bugs that are very similar and tricky to tell apart but this prefers more quiescent waters than the others although they are often found together. It's habitat includes calcareous lakes, upland acid lakes, and tarns, silt ponds and detritus ponds on clay, usually around emergent vegetation.

It over winters as an adult and has a spring and summer generation.

Distribution:

Found in 14 10k squares in the Northants it is Un-common. The National map shows it to be a little under recorded compared to surrounding counties but is a very widespread bug.

Habitat:

It's habitat includes calcareous lakes, upland acid lakes, and tarns, silt ponds and detritus ponds on clay, usually around emergent vegetation.

Identification:

The jiz for this is that at 7.5mm it fits into the larger Sigara group, it is slightly larger, more parallel sided, more than 7 pale lines on the pronotum with truncate pronotum corners. It is easier to identify males as the pegs on the palae are distinctive.