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Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawfliesbugin me
can you ID this one please ?
Jeff
Hi Jeff,
We have been waiting for years for a photo of a Pigeon Horntail, Tremex columba, a relative of wasps and sawflies. It is found in hardwood forests of Eastern North America. The female, like your specimen, uses her ovipositor, which looks like a stinger, to deposit eggs into wood. The larvae eat fungus infected wood of elm, beech, maple, oak and other deciduous trees. The larvae live for about two years inside the wood and they often become prey to Giant Ichneumons.
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