wood wasp


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wood wasp

n
(Animals) another name for the horntail
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(Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is found throughout the eastern United States and Canada and is the most commonly encountered pine-inhabiting wood wasp native to Arkansas (Schiff et al.
In 2004, an invasive European wood wasp, Sirex noctilio F.
Seasonal phenology of Sirex nigricornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in Arkansas with implications for management of Sirex noctilio
For example, there is a nematode parasite of a Monterey Pine wood wasp pest that enters the female wasp larva, migrates to where the ovaries will form when the larva pupates, then produces young nematodes that enter the wasp eggs forming in the ovaries of the adult wasp.
Biopesticides come of age
Most recently, a wood wasp has decimated cedars in the north.
Cedars of Lebanon warming up
The female Siricidae wood wasp uses a needle-like ovipositor to insert her eggs into pine trees.
New drill has a buzz about it; In association with the NHS
The two shafts oscillate with the help of a motor and thus the device is propelled forward just like a wood wasp's ovipositor.
The female wood wasps of the Siricidae family use a needle-like ovipositor to deposit eggs inside pine trees.
Now, a "brain-boring" surgical robot inspired by wasps
The Sirex wood wasp native to Europe, Asia and North Africa made an appearance last fall in upper New York State and has winged its way into eastern Ontario.
Invasive species centre depends on Tories: whether a new centre aimed at combating destructive forest pests will be built in the Sault is up to the new federal government
YOU BEE-AUTY: Wood wasp the Dempseys found near their home in Mitchelstown, Cork; TALL TAIL: Ryan & Josh Dempsey yesterday
Experts called in to examine the nest at a housing estate in Ballyhooly, Cork, said the insects were harmless Scandinavian wood wasps - and not a swarm of dangerous hornets.
INVASION 1: SUPER WASP; Fears of monster insect swarm ..but they wood not hurt a fly
But one of the stilts was damaged in the 1970s by wood wasp larvae, which feed on wood and can create cavities.
Market hall wasp threat
LOGS can be piled up to provide shelter for wildlife such as spiders, beetles, wood wasps, solitary bees, slugs and snails, which will attract birds, who will pick over the pile in search of a meal.
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