Blue horntail woodwasp (Sirex cyaneus)

Female Blue Horntail (Sirex cyaneus) on Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia)
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

Blue horntail woodwasp | Sirex cyaneus photo

Blue horntail woodwasp (Sirex cyaneus) female cleaning antennae
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

BLUE HORNTAIL WOODWASP FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Siricidae
Genus:	Sirex
Species:	cyaneus
Common Name:	Blue horntail woodwasp

Relatives in same Genus
  Siricid woodwasps (S. juvencus)
  Woodwasp (S. nigricornis)
  Sirex woodwasp (S. noctilio)

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