woodwasp

See also: wood wasp

English

Alternative forms

• wood wasp

Etymology

From wood +‎ wasp.

Noun

woodwasp (plural woodwasps)

1. Any of various not closely related insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.
   • 2007 April 23, The Associated Press, “Albany: Pine-Killing Wasp Monitored”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Sirex woodwasp kills pines and sometimes other conifers by introducing a toxic mucus and fungus when the female lays her eggs through the bark and into the sapwood.

Derived terms

• cedar wood wasp (Anaxyelidae)

See also

• Syntexis