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Steely Blue Wood Wasp


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Steely Blue Wood Wasp. It stayed for minute or so. I saw it on the garage wall and dashed for a camera.

Sirex juvencus Gemeine Holzwespe arthropodafotos.de
Sirex juvencus Gemeine Holzwespe arthropodafotos.de from arthropodafotos.de

It prefers stands damaged by wind, fire, pathogenic fungi or snow. Larvae bore in the stem. It was first recorded in tasmania.

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Sirex juvencus Gemeine Holzwespe arthropodafotos.de

It was first recorded in tasmania. They live in symbiosis with the fungus amylostereum chailletii. It was first recorded in tasmania. I saw it on the garage wall and dashed for a camera.

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