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0 0 Pigeon Horntail

Pigeon Horntail

by hristiniLivonia, Michigan, USA

Female with ovipositor still intact

0 0 pigeon tremex horntail

pigeon tremex horntail

by matt.ribarichBoulder, Colorado, USA

0 1 Horntail

Horntail

by LuisStevensOjuelos, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Small, about 2 cm long, with a long appendix

0 0 Pigeon Horntail Wasp

Pigeon Horntail Wasp

by Alison WaldenToronto, Ontario, Canada

A large, non-stinging wasp. The female has a large ovipositor.

0 1 Pigeon Horntail

Pigeon Horntail

by TheaCooperNew York City, New York, USA

0 1 Pigeon Horntail

Pigeon Horntail

by SooJinNew York, USA

Mixed woods near wetlands.

0 1 Pigeon horntail

Pigeon horntail

by LowellNewtown Township, Pennsylvania, USA

Large wasp

0 0 blue horntail woodwasp

blue horntail woodwasp

by nlralphNYC, New York, USA

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by hristiniMichigan, USA

Appears to be related to the smoky horntail

0 0 Sawfly, Horntail,or Wood Wasp

Sawfly, Horntail,or Wood Wasp

by JasonMcilrathIndiana, USA

Wasp like body

0 0 Pigeon Tremex Horntail

Pigeon Tremex Horntail

by LisaWilsonBartlettMichigan, USA

Found in heavy vegetation near a river.

0 0 Female Pigeon Tremex

Female Pigeon Tremex

by AmberLundeenAnnville, Pennsylvania, USA

Maybe some kind of horntail wasp?

0 1 Pigeon Tremex Horntail

Pigeon Tremex Horntail

by daniel.dparsonsColorado, USA

Reddish brown

1 0 Greater Horntail Wasp

Greater Horntail Wasp

by RobGraceIreland

Is it some sort of hornet? I've never seen anything like this before

0 3 Pigeon Horntail Wasp

Pigeon Horntail Wasp

by PaulKazanjianPennsylvania, USA

Horntail wasp! Really big - 5 cm long. ...

1 5 Pigeon Tremex, male

Pigeon Tremex, male

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Large wasp with elongated body. Warm brown coloration with dark markings. Wings ...

1 2 Yellow-horned Horntail ♀

Yellow-horned Horntail

by MachiKodiak, Alaska, United States

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

0 0 Pigeon Tremex Wasp

Pigeon Tremex Wasp

by misako.hillArizona, USA

The Pigeon tremex, Tremex columba, is a species of

0 2 Pigeon Horntail Wasp

Pigeon Horntail Wasp

by AliAVaughan, Ontario, Canada

Forested area. One was alive and appeared to be laying eggs, the other was ...

5 6 Pigeon tremex

Pigeon tremex

by JVMRobinson Township, Pennsylvania, USA

Large non-stinging wasp, known as a

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

This insect was struggling in the water and I saved him from being frog food. ...

1 5 Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Giant Ichneumon Wasp

by ScottRasmussenAmherst, Massachusetts, USA

Horntail, sawfly, wasp? I thought it might ...

0 0 Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Giant Ichneumon Wasp

by WilliamsFamily

America and are like all Ichnuemons, is a parasitoid. Its preferred prey is ...

1 0 Horntail Wasp

Horntail Wasp

by LaurenZarateSan Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico

This is a Horntail Wasp or Wood Wasp of the ...

1 0 Pigeon Tremex (male)

Pigeon Tremex (male)

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Large, cigar-shaped wasp, brown with black and yellow markings. Females have ...

3 2 Pigeon tremex (female)

Pigeon tremex (female)

by KarenLColumbia, Tennessee, USA

1 1/2" long horntail wasp. Despite looking ...

1 1 Pigeon horntail

Pigeon horntail

by NaturalistAmateurIllinois, USA

1-1/2 inch, cylindrical, dark red to black, yellowish cross bands on abdomen, ...

1 0 Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

by JaclynBorthwickWaymart, Pennsylvania, USA

wood to lay an egg on the larva of a wood boring insect, the Pigeon

0 0 Horntail (female)

Horntail (female)

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

Related to the sawflies, but set apart from the other Hymenoptera by their lack ...

0 0 Pigeon Horntail (Female)

Pigeon Horntail (Female)

by doreen.chambers.14Vermont, USA

1 1/2 inches. Cylindrical. Head and body orange; abdomen long, with black and ...

0 0 Horntail wasp (female)

Horntail wasp (female)

by Michelle TiegsOregon, USA

It was about one inch long! Freaky looking.

20 7 Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Giant Ichneumon Wasp

by Miguel.DenyerMichigan, USA

This Giant Ichneumon Wasp is laying its eggs into the grub of a Pigeon Tremex ...

0 0 Pigeon tremex (female)

Pigeon tremex (female)

by GoodyTulsa, Oklahoma, USA

The Pigeon tremex, is a species of

2 0 Pigeon tremex

Pigeon tremex

by dandoucetteNiagara Falls, ON, Ontario, Canada

large insect, a species of horntail, see ...

3 0 Ibaliid wasp

Ibaliid wasp

by BugEricColorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Body length about 12-14 mm, colored as shown. Abdomen laterally flattened so ...

6 1 Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Giant Ichneumon Wasp

by Heather E.L.GerquestBangor, Maine, USA

horntail larvae between the months of June ...

66 29 Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon Wasp

by LatimeriaOhio, USA

This beautiful wasp is a deep amber color, with yellow and black markings ...

1 4 Ichneumon wasp

Ichneumon wasp

by NopayahnahChapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

the horntail wasps (hymenopteran family ...

0 0 Pigeon tremex (male)

Pigeon tremex (male)

by Aaron_GBartlesville, Oklahoma, USA

Pigeon tremex wasps are in a group known as the

4 5 Ichneumon wasp

Ichneumon wasp

by FrancisQuintanaColorado, USA

Ichneumonidae is a family within the insect order Hymenoptera. Insects in this ...

1 1 Unnamed spotting

Unnamed spotting

by JohnTasirinManado, Indonesia

the scent of wood boring larvae of the

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