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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Incense Cedar Wood Wasps (Anaxyelidae) » Syntexis » Incense-cedar wood wasp (Syntexis libocedrii)

Species Syntexis libocedrii - Incense-cedar wood wasp

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Internet References
Syntexis libocedrii pinned female - Syntexis libocedrii - female Syntexis libocedrii pinned female - Syntexis libocedrii - female Syntexis libocedrii pinned male - Syntexis libocedrii - male Syntexis libocedrii pinned male - Syntexis libocedrii - male Syntexis libocedrii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Anaxyelidae (Incense Cedar Wood Wasps)
Genus Syntexis
Species libocedrii (Incense-cedar wood wasp)
Explanation of Names
Syntexis libocedrii Rohwer
Range
w. NA (so.BC-CA)
Habitat
mountains of c. CA to s. BC, but is very rarely seen, except by firefighters.
Life Cycle
has the remarkable behavior of ovipositing only in recently burnt incense-cedar (Calocedrus), red cedar (Thuja) or juniper (Juniperus); the wood is often still smoldering when the wasp is laying its eggs, and the larvae develop in the wood.
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Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 1 March, 2018 - 6:18pm
Last updated 31 July, 2018 - 9:07pm

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