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Horntail or wood wasp are any of the 150 non-social species of the hymenopteran family Siricidae, a type of wood-eating sawfly.The common name "horntail" derives from the stout, spine-like structure at the end of the adult's abdomen which is present in both sexes.
Megarhyssa nortoni is a predatory insect. Its larvae are parasitoids of horntail wasp larvae in coniferous trees. The adult female hunts horntail larvae for egg placement. It smells wood-eating fungus, utilized by the horntail larvae to predigest wood pulp, and uses its antennae to detect vibrations made by the horntail larvae.
Urocerus albicornis (Fabricius, 1781) g b (white horned horntail) Urocerus californicus Norton, 1869 g b; Urocerus cressoni Norton, 1864 g b (black and red horntail) Urocerus flavicornis Fabricius, 1781 g b (yellow-horned horntail wasp) Urocerus franzinii C.Pesarini & F.Pesarini, 1977 g; Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) b (giant woodwasp)
Urocerus gigas, the giant woodwasp, banded horntail, or greater horntail, is a species of sawfly native to the Palearctic realm and North Africa but also reside in North America and Kelty since 2004. Though they are not wasps, their appearance resembles one due to mimicry . [ 1 ]
Sirex is a genus of wasps in the family Siricidae, the horntails or wood wasps. Their bodies are black with a dark blue or green metallic reflection with some species having reddish-brown portions. Their bodies are black with a dark blue or green metallic reflection with some species having reddish-brown portions.
Now, according to the RSPB, an “estimated 60-90 pairs of Wilkins’ Bunting” birds live on the island due to the wasps controlling the damage from the scale insects and halting the birds ...
Sirex noctilio, known as the European woodwasp, [1] European horntail woodwasp, [2] or sirex woodwasp, [note 1] is a species of horntail, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Adults vary in length from 9 to 36 mm ( 3 ⁄ 8 to 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in).
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