Tremex columba (Linnaeus, 1763)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Siricidae   >   Genus Tremex   

Description:

Compare the newly arrived, presumably expanding non-native species Asian Horntail. It also favors hardwoods.

Relationships:

Females lay eggs on damaged, decaying, or diseased wood of hardwood trees. Larvae parasitized by Ibalia anceps.

There are 17 records in the project database.

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The horntail Tremex columba in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2013). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/28/2014). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Barbara Thurlow. (MBP list)

Tremex columba in Prince George's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) trinectes, all rights reserved. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

An adult Tremex columba at Cylburn Arboreum in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/21/2019). Photo by Kerry Wixted. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba in Charles Co., Maryland (6/13/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/2/2006). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Lynn Strauss. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba in Howard Co., Maryland (6/28/2018). Determined by Ken Wolgemuth/BugGuide. Photo by Sue Muller. (MBP list)

Tremex columba in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) botanygirl, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by botanygirl via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Tremex columba in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/24/2019). (c) botanygirl, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by botanygirl via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Tremex columba in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2021). (c) Jim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba falls prey to a Gray Petailtail in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/18/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ken Rosenthal via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba falls prey to a Gray Petailtail in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/18/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ken Rosenthal via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Tremex columba falls prey to a Gray Petailtail in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/18/2019). (c) Ken Rosenthal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ken Rosenthal via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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