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Pigeon Horntail Wasp (Tremex columba)
Photo#209068
Copyright © 2008
SandiRose
Please help ID -
Tremex columba
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Homer Glen, Will County, Illinois, USA
July 31, 2008
Size: over 1.5 in. maybe 4-5 cm
Is this a hornet?
Contributed by
SandiRose
on 2 August, 2008 - 10:26am
Last updated 17 August, 2008 - 2:00pm
It's a Horntail
the Pigeon Tremex, in the guide
here
. We believe it lays its eggs in dead or dying trees and its larvae are preyed upon by the giant Ichneumons whose ovipositors are long enough to reach way down into the wood to find them.
This may be our first post from Homer Glen! Hope to see more from that great environmental community.
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john and jane balaban
, 2 August, 2008 - 10:29am
I never would have guessed.
I never would have guessed. Thanks!
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SandiRose
, 2 August, 2008 - 10:32am