Subject: Wasp or locust
Location: Southern Ontario Canada
August 12, 2014 4:21 am
Intendant at my golf course captured in these two very dangerous looking bugs what are they
Signature: Curious golfer
Dear Curious Golfer,
These are Pigeon Horntails, a species of Wood Wasp. The female Pigeon Horntail lays eggs in dead or dying deciduous trees, and the larvae bore in the wood, feeding as they bore. According to BugGuide: “hosts include beech, elm, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, apple, pear, sycamore, and hackberry.”
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