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Yellow-horned Horntail ♀

Urocerus flavicornis

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

I'd estimate 3 cm but likely longer. Very thick and stocky

Habitat:

Residential area

Notes:

It wouldn't land very often or for very long when it did, so even capturing it in one photo was difficult. I will submit to bugguide as well

Reference Links:

Species Urocerus flavicornis - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
Thanks John! I should have guessed it was an ovipositor after seeing so many on ichneumon wasps. I just thought stinger since it was so thick and not quite as long! I will look into those species you mention and probably submit it to bugguide jut to be sure
John La Salle
Not really a wasp but a sawfly (and they won't sting you with that tail, it is an egg laying tube). Some type of horntail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horntail Try Urocerus flavicornis or U. gigas (I'm not sure of the difference - I know that they were once considered the same species).

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