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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntails (Siricidae) » Tremex
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Seen in Zion NP, Utah October 2006. Bug is about 2
Copyright © 2006 Nick

Seen in Zion NP, Utah October 2006. Bug is about 2" long. Picture rotated 90 clockwise - Tremex
Zion National Park County, Utah, USA
October 13, 2006
Size: 2"
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Contributed by Nick on 24 October, 2006 - 8:55pm
Last updated 25 October, 2006 - 1:55pm

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Siricidae - Horntails, while you wait for Eric to give you more details.
… john and jane balaban, 24 October, 2006 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
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This is a species of Tremex, but not positive whether it is the pigeon horntail, T. columba. Western specimens of many insects tend to be more pale than eastern specimens.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 October, 2006 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

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