10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WOOD WASP»
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wood wasp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour
The drill does A Rhysella approximator is a parasitic wasp whose larvae develop
in the larvae of the alder wood wasp, Xiphydria camelus. The female Rhysella is
able to detect the presence of the wood-wasp larva in its tunnel in an alder trunk
...
2
The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and ...
The Giant or Yellow Wood- Wasp (Sirex gigas) bores into Spruce, Silver Fir,
Larch, and rarely Pine. It is blackish in colour, with a yellow patch behind each
eye. In the female, which may attain \\ inch in length, the first two and the last
three ...
3
Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control
Beddingia siricidicola (Family Phaenopsitylenchidae) has been released
throughout much of Australia against the introduced wood wasp Sirex noctilio
that bores within pine trees (Box 9.1). Another successful program involved
control of mole ...
Steinernema scarabaei, an entomopathogenic nematode for control of the
European chafer. Biol. Control, 28, 379e386. Carnegie, A. J., Eldridge, R. H., &
Waterson, D. G. (2005). History and management of sirex wood wasp in pine
plantations ...
Fernando E. Vega, Harry K. Kaya,
2012
This use of nematodes is illustrated by the release of the phaenopsitylenchid Rt'
tictingia siricitti- cvla in Australia for the control of a wood wasp and of the
steinernemalid Sleinernema icapleiisci for control of immigrant mole crickets in
Florida.
R. G. Van Driesche, T. S. Bellows,
1996
6
International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Rifleman - sea slug
Both larvae and pupae ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wood wasp, horntail (Siricidae
only) LENGTH Tenthredinidae: 2.5-15 mm; Siricidae: more than 14 mm;
Cimbicidae: 4-30 mm DISTINCTIVE FFATURES Adult: small size; often
resembles wasp ...
7
Fungus-Insect Relationships: Perspectives in Ecology and ...
Wood wasp symbionts must form oidia as propagules that are readily introduced
into the ovipositor and can pass through it with eggs of the insect without
interfering with the vital function of oviposition. This requisite character would not
...
Quentin Wheeler, Meredith Blackwell,
1984
8
Encyclopedia of Insects
Most of the parasitic Hymenoptera have FIGURE 2 A large ichneumonid wasp,
Megarhyssa sp., using its ovipositor to “drill” through a tree trunk to reach its host,
a siricid wood wasp larva. The ovipositor is very thin and pointing between the ...
Vincent H. Resh, Ring T. Cardé,
2009
The Giant Wood-Wasp — Sirex gigas. This handsome insect, the adult female of
which is showii life-size in No. 20 and the grub in No. 21, is sent to me every year
from different parts of the country. The insect lays its eggs in spruce and silver fir ...
Highland and agricultural society of Scotland, Edinburgh,
1906
... a food source by the insects. F'g. 13.26 The wood wasp, Sirex noctilio, boring a
hole in a weakened tree to deposit eggs and fungal spores. (Courtesy of MP.
Coutts, J.E. Dolezal and the University of Tasmania; see Madden & Coutts 1979.)
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5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WOOD WASP»
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Lighthorne man mistook sawfly for 'killer' hornet
But in fact, it was a type of Sawfly, sometimes known as the Stingless Wasp or the Giant Wood Wasp – and they are harmless. What can look like a long sting is a ... «Leamington Courier, Jul 15»
Lightorne man mistook sawfly for 'killer' hornet
But in fact, it was a type of Sawfly, sometimes known as the Stingless Wasp or the Giant Wood Wasp – and they are harmless. What can look like a long sting is a ... «Kenilworth Weekly News, Jul 15»
Wasp and fungus are mutually supportive
Thankfully, the female pigeon horntail wood wasp is harmless. That spear on its rear isn't meant to pierce skin. It's for drilling into wood; and it lays the foundation ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jul 14»
Wood-Boring Wasp Inspires Brain Surgery Robot
A new prototype surgical robot developed in Britain bores into the brain like a wood wasp. Female wood wasps of the Siricidae family use an ovipositor, ... «LiveScience.com, Jan 09»
'Alien' Wasp Kills Whole Forests
The wood wasp -- Sirex noctilio Fabricius -- has wiped out huge stands of trees in the Southern Hemisphere, killing 80 percent of the trees in affected forests in ... «ABC News, Mar 06»