Sirex Woodwasp

Scientific name: Sirex noctilio F.

Common names: Sirex woodwasp, European woodwasp, Eurasian woodwasp

Native To: Eurasia

Date of U.S. Introduction: 2004

Images: Invasive.org and Google

Means of Introduction: Accidentally introduced through imported wood packaging

Impact: Feeds on several species of pine trees and serves as a vector for a fungus that kills pine trees

Current U.S. Distribution:

• National Agricultural Pest Information System - Pest Tracker - Reported Status
• MI, Northeastern U.S. (NY, PA, VT) (Survey Maps and Risk Maps)

Management Plans: Animals / Sirex woodwasp

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

Federal Government

Sirex noctilio (Sirex Woodwasp)
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Controls; Legal Aspects

Sirex Woodwasp Risk Maps
USDA. Forest Service. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.
Special Note: Risk Maps

Sirex woodwasp—Sirex noctilio F. (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
USDA. Forest Service. Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Illustrations; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Sirex noctilio Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources)

Sirex noctilio
USDA. Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Dispersion; Special Note: Bibliography

Forest Health Alert: Sirex Wood Wasp (PDF | 89 KB)
Delaware Forest Service.
Photographs; Impacts

Sirex Woodwasp in Georgia
Georgia Forestry Commission.
Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution

Sirex Wood Wasp (PDF | 102 KB)
Idaho State Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Distribution

Sirex Wood Wasp
Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Sirex Woodwasp
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

Eurasian Wood Wasp
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

European Woodwasp/Sirex Woodwasp in Colorado: Identification of Insects and Damage of Similar Appearance (PDF | 264 KB)
Colorado State University Extension.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution

European Woodwasp
Purdue University. Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program.
Illustrations; Impacts

Sirex noctilio (Fabricius) - Sirex woodwasp
Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution

Sirex Woodwasp
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Controls

Sirex noctilio (insect) - ISSG Global Invasive Species Database
World Conservation Union. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Sirex Woodwasp and Foreign Marine Cargo Statistics
Forest Encyclopedia Network.
Distribution; Dispersion; Controls

European woodwasp - The Atlas of Forest Insect Pests (1996)
BugwoodWiki.
Produced by: The Polish Forest Research Institute.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle

Sirex woodwasp
Invasive.org.
Photographs

"Sirex, You Say!": Invader of the Month
Maryland Invasive Species Council.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts

Sirex Woodwasp
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Sirex Woodwasp (PDF | 374 KB)
Nature Conservancy.
Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Distribution