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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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What is it? - Tremex columba
Copyright © 2005 zeus2322

What is it? - Tremex columba
Roxbury, New Hampshire, USA
August 5, 2005
Size: 3''
I have no idea what this is and never seen anything like it. Looks like it has a stinger and some other long thing under it. Color of a yellow jacket but does not have wasp like features. He is about 3 inches long. Any ideas? Do they sting? Indigenous to NH? I live on a large brook.

Thanks, Andre'
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Contributed by zeus2322 on 10 August, 2005 - 12:26pm
Last updated 8 November, 2005 - 2:27pm

Pigeon Tremex
I would have to agree that this is a Pigeon Tremex. The adult wasp is 1 to 1-1/2 inches long, with a straight-sided cylindrical reddish-brown body marked with a yellow banded and black pattern on the abdomen. Wings are tinted dark brown to black. Females deposit eggs singly, into the wood of host trees. Adults do not sting; medically harmless.
… Don Dattler, 22 August, 2005 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

Pigeon Tremex ?
Reminds us of
… john and jane balaban, 10 August, 2005 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

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