Ampedus collaris (Say, 1825)

Collection information.

USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: 84 individuals from 21 sites. Caught in flight trap from 9 March – 30 June 2020.

Distribution.

Eastern North America.

Saproxylic habits.

Emerged from white spruce ( Picea glauca (Moench) Voss ( Pinaceae)) (Majka and Johnson 2008); adults occur in rotting wood, including hickory, white spruce, and eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) (Ramberg 1979).

Conservation.

Significantly associated with young forests (regrown since 1938 and pine dominated) in the Piedmont (Traylor et al. 2023 a).