Pigeon Horntail Wasp

Tremex columba

Horntail wasp! Really big - 5 cm long. Noted by it's horn like tail or ovipositor that lays eggs in wood. Apparently pretty nasty wood pest.

Found dead on an old window sill.

JVM 12 years ago

Tremex columba Species Tremex columba - Pigeon Tremex, Pigeon Horntail - BugGuide.Net

PaulKazanjian 12 years ago

Thanks gang, found a perfect picture to identify.

JVM 12 years ago

I think it is a Pigeon tremex. I recently spotted one.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/718...

KristalWatrous 12 years ago

Looks to me like a horntail wasp (family Siricidae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horntail). This page might help to ID it further: http://bugguide.net/node/view/226.

Spotted by
PaulKazanjian

Spotted on Sep 18, 2011
Submitted on Sep 18, 2011