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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.
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 ]
The giant woodwasp or horntail, Urocerus gigas, has a long ovipositor, which with its black and yellow colouration make it a good mimic of a hornet. Despite the alarming appearance, the insect cannot sting. [71] The eggs are laid in the wood of conifers such as Douglas fir, pine, spruce, and larch. The larvae eat tunnels in the wood, causing ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
None of the African species of hornbills are seriously threatened, but many Asian hornbills are threatened by hunting and habitat loss, as they tend to require primary forest. Among these threatened species, only the plain-pouched hornbill and rufous-necked hornbill are found on the Asian mainland; all others are insular in their distribution.
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.