#3581 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Giant Woodwasp
🇳🇱 Reuzenhoutwesp ·Urocerus gigas
🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Kleine Heitrak, Asten, Brabant, NL
📍 7351 TM Hoenderloo, Netherlands
📍 Zutphensestraatweg, Velp, Gelderland, NL
📍 Generaal Gavinstraat, Mook, Limburg, NL
📍 Loon op Zand
📍 Jekerschans, Maastricht, Limburg, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Levet Bernard · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Tobias Gratzer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Francesca Graziani · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. Kleine Heitrak, Asten, Brabant, NL:© annemiekeschellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 7351 TM Hoenderloo, Netherlands:© martishte · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Zutphensestraatweg, Velp, Gelderland, NL:© Gideon van Melle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Generaal Gavinstraat, Mook, Limburg, NL:© pierre gijsbers · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Loon op Zand:© basjev1968 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Jekerschans, Maastricht, Limburg, NL:© Roy Erkens · CC BY-ND 4.0
what is it?
Urocerus gigas ( giant woodwasp , banded horntail , greater horntail ) is a species of sawfly, native to the Palaearctic and North Africa. 5 inches) in length.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 43 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,056 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Giant Woodwasp
- Nederlands
- Reuzenhoutwesp
- scientific name
- Urocerus gigas
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Siricidae
- sightings in NL
- 43
- sightings in Europe
- 3,529
- sightings worldwide
- 4,056
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,351
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 51560, Wikidata Q1049335, GBIF 4492208, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.