Post by trehopr1 on Jul 2, 2021 14:29:21 GMT -8
In late August of last year a good friend
and like minded collector found this beauty
of a Pigeon Horntail (Tremex sp.) resting on
the bark of his pear tree in Wisconsin.
He gifted it too me shortly thereafter knowing
that I have a certain "fondness" for Hymenoptera.
This species is sizable for a temperate species of
hymenopteran. Large females such as my example
measure 50 mm. in length (head to ovipositor tip).
What makes a find such as this exciting is the honest
"infrequency" of ever encountering an adult in the wild !
This is just one of those "kind of things" that one may only
run across in the field every few years...
and like minded collector found this beauty
of a Pigeon Horntail (Tremex sp.) resting on
the bark of his pear tree in Wisconsin.
He gifted it too me shortly thereafter knowing
that I have a certain "fondness" for Hymenoptera.
This species is sizable for a temperate species of
hymenopteran. Large females such as my example
measure 50 mm. in length (head to ovipositor tip).
What makes a find such as this exciting is the honest
"infrequency" of ever encountering an adult in the wild !
This is just one of those "kind of things" that one may only
run across in the field every few years...