This member of the order of the bees, ants, and wasps is known also as a wood wasp. It bores into broadleaf trees bark with its tail, laying a handful of eggs. The larvae that hatch out of these eggs feed on the wood until they exit the holes as adults.
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Kingdom:
Animalia
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Family:
Siricidae
Siricidae
Elevation Distribution:
Phenology
Phenology