Furthermore, this species has evolved various predator deterrents, often in the form of dischargeable glands near their abdominal area, a common feature across several beetle families, including Carabidae, Dytiscidae, and Gyrinidae.

Sightings of this beetle have been recorded heavily in the eastern and western regions of the United States, with high concentrations in California, Florida, and North Carolina.

These locations can consist of temperate zone woodlands or grasslands, often marked by moist micro-environments such as under logs and in leaf litter piles where they can hide under.

These methods can be influenced by physical features, such as body structure, bone length, and other causes like habitat or environment that affect feeding habits and patterns.

[9] Additionally, different body forms, such as narrow and wide or flatter and curvier, can affect the livelihood and habits of a ground beetle.

The prothorax of the Galerita lecontei, or the anterior segment of the thorax, is shallow and narrow, possibly giving the beetle an advantage while hunting, allowing for improved maneuverability or enhanced speed.

The Scarites subterraneus has a body designed for the reduction of friction while moving and easing burrowing and movement into confined spaces.

[9] Although there is no information on the specific feeding patterns of G. lecontei, the family Carabidae, or ground beetles, they have a range of diets, that are both herbivorous and carnivorous.

[10] These beetles hunt smaller insects typically at night, and then aggregate together in dark and damp locations during the day.

A 1940 study examined the eating behaviors of different ground beetles in response to various foods, such as crickets, stink bugs, nymphs, ants, spiders, as well as larva.

[11] Ground beetles tend to lay eggs in places that are safe from predators while also being in close vicinity of a food source.

The Galerita lecontei has a "pair of abdominal defensive glands"[6] that secrete a solution that can be sprayed at competitors as a form of assault.

There are two glands in the beetle, which are positioned adjacently in the abdominal cavity, and covered by other internal body parts like the fat, gut, and reproductive organs.

It contains a dense collection of secretory cells, which can be drained through the efferent duct, a significant coiled structure which is resistant to compression.

There is also a kidney-shaped storage sac, which are enveloped by compressor muscles, and an ejaculatory duct positioned with an opening near the abdominal tip, through which secretion can be discharged.