[1][2][3] This species has one of the most largest ranges in Pleocoma and is found across central and southern Sierra Nevada.

[4] Rain beetles have been known to fly during twilight hours and under light precipitation, fog, or snowy conditions.

It has long been assumed that the emerging adults are only active within a tightly constrained time window.

This window occurs after the first instance of substantial rain signals the end of the summer drought.

Male P. tularensis were active for up to two months after they initially emerged and there were secondary flights during precipitation events three or four times in one season.