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Pigeon Horntail

Posted by October 1st, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawflies

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Hello!
I’m from south central PA. Recently I had my tree cut down in my front yard and gave the wood to my friend. He stored it in his garage and a couple weeks later started seeing these bugs all over his garage. He said they are about 2" long and aggressive. We’ve never seen anything like it. Can you tell us what this bug is? Thank you!
Rachel

Hi Rachel,
We responded to a letter a few days back with these identical images. Perhaps it was from your friend, or perhaps your spam blocker did not allow our message to get through. If a message bounces back to us, we do not pursue trying to respond to the question. This is a Pigeon Horntail, a non-stinging Wood Wasp.

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