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	Wood Wasp, Horn Tails: Wood Boring Wasps
		Wood wasps that are part of the family Siricidae are large non-stinging wasps that are attracted to dead or dying conifer trees.
		Wood wasps that are part of the Orussidae family are known as a parasitic wood wasp.
		Wood wasps in the Anaxyelidae family are known as cedar wood wasps or incense cedar wood wasps.
	www.pestproducts.com /wood-wasps.htm (825 words)

	BugInfo.com \| Information on All Your Household Bugs and Pests
		Apparently these wasps only lay eggs on trees that still have their bark on them, and this is a key to the relative importance of these wasps in structures.
		Their presence in the wood of a structure always is the result of their being built in with wood that was already infested.
		I witnessed this one time in a year when the wood wasp population seemed to be at an all-time high, and a lot of people were experiencing encounters with the wasps.
	www.buginfo.com /articles/horntail.cfm (1660 words)

	Wood Wasps Horntails Management Guidelines--UC IPM
		The common names "wood wasp" and "horntail" are used to describe several kinds of wood-boring insects (families Siricidae, Xiphydriidae, Anaxyelidae, and Orussidea).
		Many species of wood-boring beetles, especially those in the family Buprestidae (flatheaded or metallic wood borers) or the family Cerambycidae (which includes long-horned beetles and roundheaded wood borers), feed on live trees that are old or weakened or fire- or insect-killed trees but do not attack harvested lumber.
		A female wood wasp inserts her ovipositor nearly 3/4 inch into wood of a weakened or dying tree and lays one to seven eggs.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7407.html (863 words)

	Yard & Garden Line News February 1, 2006
		There are 8 species of wood wasps that are common in the eastern U.S. of which at least three or four are found in Minnesota.
		Wood wasps are attracted to hardwood trees with decaying wood, although sometimes they attack trees that are generally sound.
		Wood wasps are short-lived once they are active and you would rarely see more than a few individuals at a time.
	www.extension.umn.edu /yardandgarden/YGLNews/YGLNews-Feb0106.html (1237 words)

	wood wasp - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Horntails, also called wood wasps, differ from sawflies chiefly in having a strong,...
		Hornet, name commonly applied to the members of a group of social wasps that make nests of papery material composed of chewed plant foliage and...
		Wasp, common name applied to most species of hymenopteran insects (Hymenoptera), except bees and ants.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /wood+wasp.html (88 words)

	Wood Wasp (Sirex)
		A moderately large wasp that is fl or metallic blue, often with yellow bandings.
		The long lancelike ovipositor (egg-laying organ) of the female wood wasp is used for drilling holes into wood.
		The common wood wasp Sirex juvencus is about 30 mm/1.1 in long and blue-fl with a metallic sheen.
	www.procare-sw.co.uk /wasp.htm (178 words)

	Hydrex Pest Control - The Wood Wasp (Horntail)
		The wood wasp, or horntail, is named for making its home in trees or for the shape of its abdomen.
		They are called a wasp because of their resemblance to a wasp, but actually don't sting.
		Wood wasps are around an inch long, and mostly fl.
	www.hydrexheat.com /pests/woodwasp.php (169 words)

	Wasps: pictures, information, classification and more (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wasps are characterized by two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor (tube for laying eggs) that may be modified in various ways.
		In the vegetarian sawflies, the abdomen is broadly attached to the thorax and the ovipositor is rigid; in the higher wasps, the abdomen is flexibly attached to the thorax and the ovipositor is movable.
		Wasp nests may be as simple as a straight burrow in the ground, like those made by the females of many digger wasps.
	www.everythingabout.net.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/wasps (446 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Nature
		The larvae of rhyssa, member of the family of ichneumon wasps, are parasites that feed on larvae and pupae of wood wasps.
		This does not appear to be easy for the wood wasp larvae lead a highly sheltered and secure life by staying in tunnels, one to two inches deep beneath the tree bark of fir trees and feeding on wood.
		Once the wasp is sure about the presence of food inside the wood it drills its ovipositor into the wood to seek out the wood-wasp larva.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030316/spectrum/nature.htm (553 words)

	WASP Current Events 10-2004
		The WASP were grouped in one dining room so they could spend time with their classmates and the kids and friends of WASP were in an adjacent room getting to know each other.
		Sherry Ringler was elected WASP Auxiliary liaison to the WASP Board and directed to take the report of the WASP Auxiliary October 2, 2004 meeting to the WASP Board for action by that Board.
		Janet Reno is the niece of WASP Winifred Wood, and became Attorney-General of the United States.
	wwii-women-pilots.org /current_events/events_10-2004.html (1266 words)

	Yard Wasps (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although wasps feed on insects such as house flies and garden pests, some can also be dangerous to people.
		The best and easiest way to tell wasps apart is to look at the relative size of the wasp, and the pattern on the abdomen.
		Cicada killers are solitary wasps, with the female provisioning larvae with cicadas in burrows in the soil during mid- to late summer.
	www.uky.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef411.htm (748 words)

	SOCIAL WASPS AND THEIR NESTS (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After a period of chewing, the wasp adds the paste to the nest structure and spreads it out with her mandibles and legs.
		The reason for this is because wasp colonies feed on large numbers of caterpillars, bugs, flies, spiders, etc. and the meat would spoil if the wasps were to store it.
		Stinging is an excellent defense in wasp colonies against predators and other possible dangers which present a threat to the nests and their occupants.
	www.angelfire.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ok3/vespids/intro.html (1080 words)

	Megarhyssa wasps on oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		These wasps are members of the very large family of parasitic wasps (actually, parasitoids is the better term) known as the Ichneumonidae in the Order Hymenoptera.
		Megarhyssa wasps (there are several species in Michigan) are able to thread a 4-inch-long ovipositor into the wood of the dead tree, where they presumably are able to deposit an egg in the tunnel of the siricid wood wasp, Tremex columba.
		The wood wasps (family Siricidae) are also members of the Hymenoptera, but chew into standing dead trees.
	insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /Images/Hymenoptera/megarhyssa.html (235 words)

	Grass Seed Mixes to Reduce Wildfire Hazard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wood borers are instrumental in beginning the breakdown processes that prepare nutrients for reuse by subsequent plants.
		The large, white, segmented wood borer larvae are responsible for the munching sounds often reported by visitors to burned areas or by owners of salvaged logs and firewood.
		Wood borers only attack highly-stressed trees or wood pieces with the bark still attached, so the presence and emergence of wood borers is not a major concern to healthy trees or other wood (such as furniture).
	www.ext.colostate.edu /pubs/natres/06309.html (827 words)

	What's That Bug: Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawflies
		The larva of this wasp relative is often mistaken for a caterpillar.
		The other wasp was dead- It has a body length of 1 3/8" (it was the smaller of the two wasps) with 1/4" antenna and tail/stinger.
		They are a type of wasp, Family Siriciedae, and the female uses that stinger shaped ovipositor to deposit her eggs in dead or dying trees.
	www.whatsthatbug.com /sawflies.html (4623 words)

	Bee Control Northwest - The website dedicated to bees, wasps and insect control to help people in the Portland, Oregon ...
		The wood wasp bores a hole into a live tree to lay its eggs.
		In the spring the new wasps dig their way out, just like they normally would.
		The likelihood of having a large-scale problem with wood wasps is low.
	www.beecontrolnw.com /miscwasp.php (136 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Giant ichneumon fly/wasp, sabre wasp
		The apparently fearsome-looking sting at the end of the female wasp's abdomen is actually an ovipositor (egg-laying instrument).
		The hosts of giant ichneumons are usually the larvae of horntails, or wood wasps (Orocerus gigas), and related species, as well as the larvae of longhorn beetles (Monochamus sutor).
		When she finds the right spot, she drives her slender ovipositor into the wood (which can be inches thick) by rotating the two halves backwards and forwards very rapidly.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3033.shtml (341 words)

	Ichneumon fly information and images
		She is searching for the leg-less larvae of another type of wasp, called a Wood Wasp, or Horntail.
		Once she has located a Wood Wasp larva, she will drill her ovipositor down through the timber and lay an egg on the outside of the larva.
		The adult Wood Wasp, or Horntail shown on the left, is named for the prominent ovipositor at the end of the females' abdomen.
	www.offwell.free-online.co.uk /woodland_manage/ichneum.htm (296 words)

	A European Wood Wasp
		An invasive, European wood wasp was detected in North America in Oswego New York in the fall of 2004.
		This wasp has caused significant damage to various pine tree species in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Brazil, where it was introduced.
		Sirex noctilio is extremely difficult to distinguish from native wood wasps, but some signs and symptoms can be helpful in determining if the pest is present.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /forestry/fpm_invasives_woodwasp.aspx (365 words)

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		It is at this point when local infestations begin to show themselves; wood which unknowingly has horntail larva or pupa is commonly used for construction since it is hard to detect these young and developing stages.
		Furthermore, since most infestations actually exist when the wood is used or installed, any part of the structure which was created at the same time as the wood showing evidence is wood that could have activity.
		Once you have determined if it's original wood used to build the house or some which was used at a later stage in the houses history, you should be ready to make a decision about what and how to treat.
	www.bugspray.com /article/horntail.html (2414 words)

	Tremex Wasp Identification \| ENTOMOLOGY AT AGRICULTURE WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During December 1996, a local outbreak of Tremex wood wasp was detected between Tamworth and Sydney, N.S.W. Tremex is a Siricid wasp (related to Sirex) that attacks and kills poplars and willows.
		It lays eggs in the bark and the larvae bore through the wood, leaving characteristic emergence holes.
		A fungus associated with the wasp kills the trees.
	agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au /ento/tremex.htm (218 words)

	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Invasive wood-killing wasp found in N.Y.
		If one of those, or another species of interest, is found, the researchers will set traps in greater density to determine the scope of infestation, said Dore Mobley, a spokeswoman for the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
		Because the bug likes stressed wood, scientists will also examine facilities such as mills that make packaging materials out of wood that is unfit for uses like construction.
		The wasp is about an inch long and has a broad waist and distinct antennas.
	www.esf.edu /newspubs/news/2005/06.06.wasp.htm (569 words)

	Wood wasp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term wood wasp is a colloquial name applied to various unrelated families of Symphyta, whose only shared feature is that the larvae are found in wood.
		The name is thus applied to "wood wasps" (family Xiphydriidae), "parasitic wood wasps" (family Orussidae), "cedar wood wasps" (Family Anaxyelidae), or, at times, to "horntails" (family Siricidae).
		The female in the latter two of these groups has a long ovipositor at the back of her body which gives her a dangerous look, but they cannot use them to sting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wood_wasp (131 words)

	evolutionismstungbywasps
		Wasp nests are only used to feed and shelter babies and all of them are abandoned in the
		The ichneumon (ik-noo-men) wasp lays her eggs on the larva of the giant wood
		The real truth is that the wasp is far too complicated to be an accident of evolution.
	hometown.aol.com /kcpriest/evolutionismstungbywasps.html (1010 words)

	DNR - Watching Wood Rot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If you break apart a piece of rotting wood, you can sometimes see the mycelium as a stringy mesh throughout the wood.
		If you are lucky enough to stumble upon this sight, you can watch as wasp after wasp uses its long ovipositor to drill into the wood.
		The wasp actually lay their eggs on larvae feeding on the wood.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10319-35574--,00.html (383 words)

	Workshop on Exotic Pests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The wood may include bark or wane from the outside of the stem, insect grub holes, and fungal decay or stain.
		Such low-value wood is generally green, untreated by heat or chemicals, and may remain a favorable substrate for living organisms, particularly insects and fungi.
		This furthers the likelihood of unintentional movement of infested wood or wood that is reinfested in transit.
	www.apsnet.org /online/ExoticPest/Papers/allen.htm (817 words)

	What's That Bug: Hornets and Wasps
		Ichneumons are parasitic wasps and your unidentified species was laying eggs that will devour wood boring larvae that have probably infested the dying tree.
		This is a Wasp, one of the Cricket Hunters in the genus Chlorion.
		Sand Wasps are not social insects, as are hornets and yellow jackets; yet, as a result of the tendency of individuals to nest in the same area, a type of colony develops." The Western Sand Wasp, Bembix comata, is a common species.
	www.whatsthatbug.com /wasps.html (9487 words)

	BOOKS
		Wonderful real life story of one of the 38 WASP who was killed flying for her country.
		Her career was cut short when she became one of the 38 WASP to give their lives for their country.
		He promised the WASP military status...fought for it...but in the end, it was his SON, Bruce, who helped make that promise come true for the WASP.
	www.wasp-wwii.org /wasp/books.htm (1809 words)

	New York State Announces Efforts to Help Control Spread of Sirex Wood Wasp - NYSDEC Press Release (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Sirex Wood Wasp, Sirex noctilio, was first discovered in New York State in a bark beetle trap in September 2004 in the City of Fulton, Oswego County as part of the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program.
		The density is reduced to one trap per 36 square miles in counties adjacent to the known positive counties and the area of the State that falls outside of the 150-mile radius.
		Additional information on the Sirex wood wasp and recommended protocols can be found at: www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dlf/privland/forprot/health/sww.html on DEC's website.
	www.dec.state.ny.us.cob-web.org:8888 /website/press/pressrel/2006/2006152.html (936 words)

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