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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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Pigeon Tremex - Tremex columba - female
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Pigeon Tremex - Tremex columba - Female
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 31, 2008
Seen on a beech tree.

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Pigeon Tremex - Tremex columba - female Pigeon Tremex - Tremex columba - female
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 31 August, 2008 - 1:16pm
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 2:33pm

"hair" on the abdomen?
I found something yesterday that looked like this in every way except that its abdomen looked very fuzzy. Found it accidentally in a curled-up leaf and when exposed it frantically tried to crawl back in the leaf. Could it be the same creature in an early stage of life, or is it something else?
… jmullins, 20 June, 2009 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Guide to Bug ID
If it falls into this category of Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps found here.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/226

Then go to this Guide to the Siricid Woodwasps of North America
http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/GuideSiricidWoodwasps.pdf

and search by the State you live in. There may be more than one in your state and so look at the 4 or 5 that are found and go from there. If that doesn't work, read the guide from the beginning as it will tell you exactly how to ID your bug.
… chadmchris, 6 September, 2009 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Check out the
Pigeon Tremex
… john and jane balaban, 31 August, 2008 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

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