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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntails (Siricidae) » Tremex » Pigeon tremex, Pigeon horntail (Tremex columba)
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Interesting coloration on this bug ,is it a beetle? - Tremex columba
Copyright © 2007 ross everett

Interesting coloration on this bug ,is it a beetle? - Tremex columba
Wildlife Management Area, woodlands, Prairie County, Arkansas, USA
December 5, 2007
Size: 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inch long
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Contributed by ross everett on 5 December, 2007 - 8:59pm
Last updated 22 December, 2007 - 5:21pm

Thanks for the link I would n
Thanks for the link I would not have found the horntails on my own. These are very interesting insects.
… ross everett, 5 December, 2007 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

Check out the Horntails
here
… john and jane balaban, 5 December, 2007 - 9:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
The image is of a female pigeon tremex, Tremex columba.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 December, 2007 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

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