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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntails (Siricidae) » Tremecinae » Tremex » Pigeon Horntail (Tremex columba)

Species Tremex columba - Pigeon Horntail

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Pigeon Horntail? - Tremex columba - male

orange/black waspy looking insect - Tremex columba

waspy type insect - Tremex columba - female

Pupa image set #1 - Tremex columba - female

Pigeon tremex, Pigeon horntail - Tremex columba

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)

Family Siricidae (Horntails)

Subfamily Tremecinae

Genus Tremex

Species columba (Pigeon Horntail)

Other Common Names

Pigeon Tremex

Pigeon Tremex Sawfly

Pigeon Horntail Wasp

Explanation of Names

Tremex columba (Linnaeus 1763)

columba (L). 'pigeon/dove'

Size

Adults usually >25 mm, larvae up to ~40 mm

Identification

Det. Bill Keim, 2016

Range

widely distributed across US & so. Can. though less common in the west and se. (NS-FL to AB-CA) / n. Mex. - Map (1)(GBIF); very common

Habitat

diseased, decaying or cut wood

Season

mostly Jun-Oct (BG data)

Food

hosts: beech, elm, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, apple, pear, sycamore, hackberry(2)

Remarks

parasitized by Megarhyssa spp. (Ichneumonidae)

Works Cited

1.	Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere Schiff, N.M., Goulet, H., Smith, D.R., Boudreault, C., Wilson, A.D., and Scheffler, B.E. 2012. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 21: 305 pp.

2.	Guide to the siricid woodwasps of North America Schiff N.M., Valley S.A., LaBonte J.R., Smith D.R. 2006. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, Morgantown, WV. 101 pp.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 November, 2005 - 2:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, anitagould, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 9 July, 2021 - 9:11am

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