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Wasp Bee Hornet..........What - Urocerus flavicornis - female

Wasp Bee Hornet..........What - Urocerus flavicornis - Female
Lloydminster, Lloydminster Alberta Canada, Alberta, Canada
August 30, 2005
Size: approx. 2"
Luckly for us this bee or whtever it is landed into a glass of water. I seen the same thing at the lake we camped at in July only that one was orange and black not yellow. Could you please advise me as to what this is exactly and get back to me. It fought for it's life in the glass of water for roughly 3 hours until it was petrified by dish soap. I have kept this bug incase you guys want it sent to you. Please get back to me with all the information regarding this species. Thank You Candy Campbell

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Wasp Bee Hornet..........What - Urocerus flavicornis - female Wasp Bee Hornet..........What - Urocerus flavicornis - female Wasp Bee Hornet..........What - Urocerus flavicornis - female

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Urocerus gigas flavicornis (F
Urocerus gigas flavicornis (Fabricius)

This looks more like a hornta
This looks more like a horntail, a hymneopteran of the suborder Symphyta. The family is Siricidae.
Next time you find one you can impress your friends by picking it up. They will no doubt think you are in for a stinging.

Cicada Killer I Think
I'm not an expert and surely one of the more knowlegeable folks from the site will log in on this. It looks like a Cicada Killer to me, a type of wasp that preys on annual cicadas this time of year. you might want to look at this web site to get more info and to register where and when you found it for their research.

 
No Match
I looked at your site referal and the pictures don't match.

 
No, no, no.
This is a female horntail woodwasp, Urocerus gigas, family Siricidae. She uses her "stinger" to lay eggs in dead and dying trees, where the larvae bore in the wood. Interesting insects, not often seen.

 
Update.
My friend Nathan Schiff, a Forest Service expert on horntails, corrected this to Urocerus gigas flavicornis, a female.

 
Hi
Can you ask your friend where are these things found this looks very similar to one we found in our garden in england it flew into a bottle of oasis...

 
Mea Culpa
Boy, was I wrong. Thanx for the correction.

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