Strongylium tenuicolle

Strongylium tenuicolle (Say, 1827) Collection information. USA: Georgia: Clarke Co.: two individuals from two sites. Caught in flight trap from 19 May – 30 June 2020. Distribution. Eastern North America, west to Arizona (Johnston and Cortés Hernández 2021). Saproxylic habits. Larvae develop within decaying wood of various hardwood trees, including rotting portions of living trees (Triplehorn and Spilman 1973). Conservation. Occurrence apparently stable from 1900 – present on Plummers Island, Maryland, despite the loss of other species possibly due to changing forest conditions (Steiner 2008).