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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 bodied wasp with very thick hind legs - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Copyright © 2014 Krtka

Orange bodied wasp with very thick hind legs - Eichlinia cucurbitae
Bedford County, Virginia, USA
August 3, 2014
Size: Approx. 2 cm
Seen on basil flowers. Has extremely thick, chunky orange- or copper-colored hind leg segments. Squared off wing tips.

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Orange bodied wasp with very thick hind legs - Eichlinia cucurbitae Orange bodied wasp with very thick hind legs - Eichlinia cucurbitae
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Contributed by Krtka on 3 August, 2014 - 7:31pm
Last updated 29 August, 2014 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 29 August, 2014 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

Looks like
Squash vine borer- Melittia cucurbitae
… Anne Burton, 3 August, 2014 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Clearwing moth of some kind.
I've linked your images, as they depict the same individual.

Please crop your pics as close to "just the bug" as possible. Only you and the editors have the ability to view the full-size images. Everyone else is left looking at a tiny bug in a lot of unnecessary background. :)

You can click on "edit" and simply upload cropped versions. They will replace the current pics.

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 August, 2014 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Linking images
Thanks!
Can I upload more than one image when posting? I couldn't figure out how to do it in the same post, and that's why I posted twice.
… Krtka, 3 August, 2014 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

 
After you post your first image, view it.
You'll find an "add image" link under the photo. If you click there and upload another view, it will automatically be linked to the first one.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 August, 2014 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

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