This was my guess, too

Here's a photo from pestweb:
http://www.pestweb.com/pps/images/slides/HYW12-1.jpg

http://www.vwr-pro.com/vslides.html

Greg Toffic wrote:
>
> Hugh,
> This is a guess, but it may get you looking in the right direction. Your mystery insect sounds like some kind of horntail to me. They are Hymenopterans in the family Siricidae. They resemble cylindrical bodied wasps with short, stiff ovipositors.
>
> Greg
>
> Greg Toffic
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>
> "Metaphors be with you"
>

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