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Pigeon Tremex

Tremex columba

Photo by dferris
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Field Notes

Description:

Red and black wasp, about 1 inch long. Found clinging to dead buckthorn, on chily, windy morning. When I poked it, it would lift it's wings, and curl its abdomen up.

Habitat:

Deciduous forest adjacent to tall grass prairie.

Species ID Suggestions

Pigeon Tremex

Tremex columba

Reference Link
StirredMocha
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Comments (2)
John La Salle
Some type of horntail - a sawfly in the family Siricidae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horntail http://bugguide.net/node/view/226 http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/GuideSiricidWoodwasps.pdf
CindyBinghamKeiser
Fantastic looking wasp! Looking forward to an ID on this one. Good job capturing various angles and details/habitat, dferris1

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PublishedOctober 7, 2014

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