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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Melittiini » Eichlinia » Squash Vine Borer - Hodges#2536 (Eichlinia cucurbitae)
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Is this a Moth? - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Copyright © 2005 william wyrick

Is this a Moth? - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
July 12, 2005
This creature has been flying around my butterfly bush for the past few days.
I haver never seen anything like it before.
someone suggested it may be a moth.
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Contributed by william wyrick on 13 July, 2005 - 7:34pm
Last updated 14 July, 2005 - 6:26am

2536 - Squash Vine Borer Moth - Melittia cucurbitae
...and a really nice photo. The loss of the heavily scaled left leg doesn't seem to be hindering it. Please contact me at BPatter789@aol.com if I may have permission to display your moth photos, and especially this one, on plates at Moth Photographers Group.
… Bob Patterson, 14 July, 2005 - 6:20am login or register to post comments

Yes
It's a clearwing moth. Family Sesiidae. It appears to be a Melittia species, as those are the only ones in The Moth Book by WJ Holland that have the feathery red hind legs.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 July, 2005 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks for your quick and helpful reply.
… william wyrick, 13 July, 2005 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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