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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntail Wasps (Siricidae) » Tremecinae » Tremex » Pigeon Horntail Wasp (Tremex columba)
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ID Help - Tremex columba
Copyright © 2020 Kevin Trachsel

ID Help - Tremex columba
Lampman SK, Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 22, 2018
Size: 2 in plus 1/2 in stinger
2 found on dead tree that was seeping sap, daylight, in summer 2018 in SE. Saskatchewan
2 in. long plus 1/2 in. stinger.. 3 in. wingspan, about the size of an adult grasshopper.
One had a whitish crest on back torso, which was different from the other one.

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ID Help - Tremex columba Wasp ID? - Tremex columba
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Contributed by Trachselden on 4 May, 2020 - 3:40pm
Last updated 4 May, 2020 - 5:03pm

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Tremex columba
pigeon horntail
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Pigeon Horntail
Thank you, the Pigeon Horntail looks very much like our photos, much appreciated!
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