Te katipō rākau
Sirex noctilio Fabricius
Whānau: Siricidae
Te Tītaringa
- I tau mai ki Aotearoa mai i Ūropi i mua i te tau 1900, kua rarau te noho puta noa i te motu.
Te Huringa Ora
- Tukuna ai e te uwha ngā hua ki te taitea o te paina, me te kuhu atu anō i tētahi momo harore i te taha.
- Ko ngā rākau kāore e tino kaha ana te tipu ngā mea ka kaha te urutomokia.
- Ka wiri haere ngā torongū i ngā wāhanga o te rākau kua pirau haere, me te kai anō i taua harore. Ka huri hei ngeti ki tōna anō whaitua i roto i te rākau.
- Kia pakeke, kua wiri ki te mata whakawaho o te rākau, he kōhao nui tonu (e 3–6.6 mm te whānui) ka mahue iho.
- Kāore ngā pakeke e kai; ka ora noa i ngā mōmona kei ō rātou tinana.