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Melittia calabaza - Eichlinia calabaza
Copyright © 2013 Iustin Cret

Melittia calabaza - Eichlinia calabaza
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
June 1, 2013
I found it in the garden, resting on a squash leaf.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 1 June, 2013 - 10:01am
Last updated 14 June, 2013 - 12:00am

Moved
Moved from Melittia.

Melittia calabaza has some orange on the second abdominal segment. Melittia cucurbitae has a dark olive green second abdominal segment.
… Maury J. Heiman, 1 June, 2013 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Iustin Cret, 1 June, 2013 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

Thank you
I kept, for a while, the moth in the fridge.
And I took some more photos. Unfortunately it still moving and I was not able to take ventral images.
… Iustin Cret, 1 June, 2013 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

Yes, unfortunately for your squash,
it is more than just 'resting' on the squash. It has or will be laying its eggs in the squash stem.
… john and jane balaban, 1 June, 2013 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

Squash borer?
Compare the "squash borer" moth, Melittia cucurbitae.
… John F. Carr, 1 June, 2013 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
I'm thinking ...
I'm thinking the abdomen markings more closely resemble ...



I don't know if it's diagnostic, but the leg-banding pattern on all the M. calabazathe on BG, differs from M. cucurbitae
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 1 June, 2013 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, large black dot
on that first orange segment seems different from cucurbitae
… john and jane balaban, 1 June, 2013 - 1:39pm login or register to post comments

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