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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Clearwing Moths (Sesioidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Melittiini » Melittia » Melittia calabaza - Hodges#2537 (Melittia calabaza)
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Squash Vine Borer - Melittia calabaza
Copyright © 2015 Jose Hernandez

Squash Vine Borer - Melittia calabaza
Harris County, Texas, USA
April 2, 2011
Early April.

¡Ay, que calabaza soy!
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Contributed by Jose Hernandez on 12 February, 2015 - 7:14pm
Last updated 3 March, 2015 - 7:55am

Moved
Moved from Squash Vine Borer.
… Jose Hernandez, 27 February, 2015 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

MOTH ID
This is actually Melittia calabaza. The 2nd abdomenal segment is red.
… William H. Taft, 27 February, 2015 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
I mistook which was the first segment and thus counted wrong.
… Jose Hernandez, 27 February, 2015 - 2:22pm login or register to post comments

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