Species Urocerus albicornis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References

Sirex sp. maybe juvencus - Urocerus albicornis

Wasp found on my leg - - Urocerus albicornis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)

Family Siricidae (Horntails)

Genus Urocerus

Species albicornis (Urocerus albicornis)

Explanation of Names

Author: Fabricius.

Identification

Female: large black wasps with uniformly brown wings. Two white spots on the head; antennae white except at the base and tips; femora and tibiae white at the base and black distally; wings brown.

Range

Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to North Carolina, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington.

Food

Fir, larch, spruce, pine, Douglas-fir, hemlock, and western red cedar.

Internet References

Guide to Siricid Woodwasps page 59-61, description and photos.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 31 January, 2008 - 5:51pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 1 February, 2010 - 10:37am

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