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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) » Siricinae » Urocerus » Yellow-horned Horntail Wasp (Urocerus flavicornis)

Species Urocerus flavicornis - Yellow-horned Horntail Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited
Wasp Bee Hornet..........What - Urocerus flavicornis - female Large wasp-like insect - Urocerus flavicornis perhaps a wasp, has a LONG scary looking stinger - Urocerus flavicornis - female Urocerus flavicornis - Giant Woodwasp - Urocerus flavicornis - female Unknown Wasp - Urocerus flavicornis - female Ichneumon - Urocerus flavicornis - female Tremex - Urocerus flavicornis St Mary’s semipermanent Snowfield horntail - Urocerus flavicornis - female
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 (Horntail Wasps)
Subfamily Siricinae
Genus Urocerus
Species flavicornis (Yellow-horned Horntail Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Urocerus gigas flavicornis
Explanation of Names
Urocerus flavicornis (Fabricius)
Size
10-40 mm (males smaller than females); larvae up to 30 mm
Identification
Females have the 1st, 6th, and part of the 7th abdominal segments yellow. Males have the 2nd - 5th orange-yellow.(1)
Range
all forested regions across Canada and the US(2) (LB-AK south to NH, NM & CA)(3)
Food
hosts include fir, larch, spruce, pine, and Douglas-fir(3)
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
2.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.
3.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 Ken Wolgemuth on 8 July, 2012 - 6:43pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 4 September, 2023 - 2:23pm

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