The Sirex woodwasp (Sirex Giganteus) AKA Horntail is the common name for any of the 150 non-social species of the family Siricidae, of the order Hymenoptera, a type of xylophagous sawfly. They lay their eggs about an inch into a tree. There is a record of a Sirex-infested tree, cut into rafters and used in building a roof and covered with sheet-lead an eighth of an inch thick. One of the rafters contained a Sirex in immature form; and when an adult it found the way obstructed by the lead. It went right through, apparently finding lead not much more difficult to deal with than bark
The Sirex woodwasp (Sirex Giganteus) AKA Horntail is the common name for any of the 150 non-social species of the family Siricidae, of the order Hymenoptera, a type of xylophagous sawfly. They lay their eggs about an inch into a tree. There is a record of a Sirex-infested tree having been cut into rafters which were used in building a roof and covered with sheet-lead an eighth of an inch thick . One of the rafters contained a Sirex in either the larval or pupal stage; and when the adult insect sought its freedom, it found the way obstructed by the lead. It went right through, apparently finding lead not much more difficult to deal with than bark
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