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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)

Species Urocerus gigas - Giant Woodwasp

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References
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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 gigas (Giant Woodwasp)
Other Common Names
Greater horntail wasp, yellow-horned horntail
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ichneumon gigas
Explanation of Names
Author: Linnaeus 1758 (Ichneumon gigas)
Size
10-40 mm, males smaller than females.
Larvae up to 30 mm.
Identification
Cylindrical body
Range
Introduced, originally from Europe and Asia.
Habitat
Attacks five or more genera of Pinaceae
Remarks
It tunnels in wood. One of the most dangerous pests of conifers.
Internet References
Massachusetts Introduced Pest Outreach Program.
Discover Life.
USDA.
Forest Pests
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 19 January, 2006 - 5:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 19 July, 2009 - 8:17pm

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