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Pigeon tremex

Tremex columba

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large insect, a species of horntail, see last photo for scale

Habitat:

urban

Notes:

I spotted this insect for the first time ever on my shed in my backyard this summer. I was blown away to see such a large and nasty looking insect. It was fairly calm though, just walking up the wall of my shed.

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PublishedNovember 3, 2013

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