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Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawfliesa wood wasp?
maybe i’m not doing a very good search, but all the photos i’ve found of wood wasps don’t look like this one. which kind of wood wasp is it exactly? it was found in our starter log pile while we were camping outside of newport, oregon this past weekend (9/10). it looked like it was searching for someplace to lay eggs. very exciting to see!
annie
Hi Annie,
Horntails in the family Siricidae are often called Wood Wasps. We believe this is Urocerus californicus, and we will check with a real expert Eric Eaton. We are relatively certain Eric will be excited to see your photo. Eric Eaton responded: “You are correct on both counts. I don’t recognize the scoliids to species, and actually don’t know of any specialists on that family, either. We’d love to have both the images in Bugguide, too, as we are low on Urocerus images, and I don’t think that particular scoliid is as yet represented there. Eric”
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