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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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Orange Bug On Pepper Plant - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Copyright © 2009 Anna_

Orange Bug On Pepper Plant - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Dallas/Ft. Worth area, Tarrant/ County, Texas, USA
August 22, 2009
I found this bug on a Jalapeno Pepper plant, he was fairly evasive, moving
to another plant each time I tried to photograph, I finally learned to
move in for close ups very very slowly. I think he was approximately an
inch long, give or take a little.
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Contributed by Anna_ on 28 August, 2009 - 8:53am
Last updated 1 June, 2013 - 2:34pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Mike Quinn, 29 August, 2009 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but maybe something in Melittia
http://bugguide.net/node/view/11809/bgpage
… John R. Maxwell, 28 August, 2009 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

 
Squash Vine Borer
Thank you, it appears that is exactly what it was, fortunately
he had yet to find my Zuchinni plants
… Anna_, 28 August, 2009 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
That is
correct. This is a squash vine borer. Consider posting another shot without all the words and border.
… roar, 28 August, 2009 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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