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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Yellow-Horned Horntail

Urocerus flavicornis

About

A large wood wasp distinguished by its yellow antennae contrasting with a dark metallic blue-black body. Females bore into conifer wood to lay eggs.

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Did You Know?

Adults often emerge from lumber used in construction, sometimes surprising homeowners years after the wood was milled.