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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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Bee , beetle , moth ? - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Copyright © 2011 Angela

Bee , beetle , moth ? - Eichlinia cucurbitae
South River, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA
June 29, 2011
Found this bug today flying around in my raised bed . Seemed to stick around my squash plants and seemed to be slightly aggressive . When I shook the squash plant to bring this guy into sight it flew straight towards me . Something has been eating through the stems of the squash flowers , could it be this ?

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Contributed by Angela on 30 June, 2011 - 12:30am
Last updated 30 June, 2011 - 8:59am

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Angela, your photo adds June for New Jersey to the growing Bug Guide collection.
Thanks
… Maury J. Heiman, 30 June, 2011 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Moth > Melittia cucurbitae - Hodges #2536
Melittia cucurbitae - Squash Vine Borer - Hodges #2536

you can find information about these moths here.

more information: University of Kentucky Entomology
… Maury J. Heiman, 30 June, 2011 - 12:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks !
So not the one that's knocking the heads off the squash flowers , but no good nonetheless ! Thank you so much !
… Angela, 30 June, 2011 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

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