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Pigeon Horntail Wasp (Tremex columba)
Photo#194855
Copyright © 2008
Paul Celano
Type Of Hornet? -
Tremex columba
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Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan, USA
I think before I found it, it hit a tree or something. It looked dazed. But later flew away.
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Contributed by
Paul Celano
on 27 June, 2008 - 3:19pm
Last updated 31 January, 2010 - 9:19am
Pigeon Horntail (Tremex columba) - female
Color pattern is indeed mimicking the European Hornet's, something of an enigma just like for some female of Cimbex.
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Richard Vernier
, 27 June, 2008 - 3:28pm
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