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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntails (Siricidae) » Urocerus » Giant Woodwasp (Urocerus gigas)
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What is this? - Urocerus gigas
Copyright © 2008 Irishboy

What is this? - Urocerus gigas
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
August 31, 2008
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Contributed by Irishboy on 1 September, 2008 - 1:12am
Last updated 15 September, 2008 - 2:41am

Urocerus gigas flavicornis (F
Urocerus gigas flavicornis (Fabricius)
… Dave Smith, 12 July, 2009 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Horntail Fly
Look for in Siricidae family.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 1 September, 2008 - 8:13am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
It is actually a wasp, though. The epithet "fly" has historically been applied to several hymenopterans with resulting confusion. This is a female Urocerus gigas, a holarctic species (ranges over the entire northern hemisphere).
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 September, 2008 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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