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Narrative
Horntails (Family Siricidae) are large wasps usually more than twenty-five millimeters in length. The eggs are laid on dead or dying trees and the larvae burrow in the wood. The Scircidae family is represented in the United States and Canada with about 19 species.
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Insecta
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Insects
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Order
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Hymenoptera
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Ants - Bees Plus Wasps
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Family
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Siricidae
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Horntails
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SubFamily
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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