Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say, 1835)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 65 individuals from 24 sites. Caught in flight trap from 21 April – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Develops within and prey upon woodboring beetles in dead hardwoods (Knull 1932; Mawdsley 2002); larvae additionally occur within woodier stem galls of cynipid wasps on oak, although food sources in this microhabitat are uncertain (e. g., Eliason and Potter 2000).