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Species Tremex columba - Pigeon Horntail
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. | |
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