Reported in Canada from Alberta and Saskatchewan, its distribution extends southward through the central states to Texas and Arizona.
Adults form balls of manure, which are rolled away from the source and buried.
Eggs are laid in the balls of dung, which serve as a food source for the immature beetles. We have observed this behaviour with C. praticola provisioned with cattle dung. This may explain the very low numbers of C. praticola we have recovered in pitfall traps at Lethbridge baited with cow dung. Click on' it to download Plate 3 in its entirety. Plate 3 is an image copyrighted by the University of Nebraska State Museum .