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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.
Tremex columba, also known as the pigeon tremex or pigeon horntail, is a species of horntail that is native to eastern and western North America. [1] Appearance and ...
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.
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 ]
Urocerus japonicus, commonly known as the Japanese horntail, is a species of sawfly, native to southeastern Asia. Studies show that the dispersal distance of the female is higher than the male. [ 3 ] The fungal species Amylostereum laevigatum had its first appearance in Japan via this sawfly.
Urocerus albicornis (white-horned horntail) is a species of horntail native to North America. [1] [2] [3] [4] This species has occasionally been introduced into ...
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 japonicus (Smith, 1874) [4] (Japanese horntail) Urocerus sah (Mocsáry, 1881) g
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.