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Random flying insect; help identify it..friend, foe or neutral?

10 years ago

This is my first time seeing this insect, especially in my garden. It had a yellow-green underside, a lil bit more than an inch long, body thicker than a yellowjacket, and seemed really persistent to land somewhere, esp. with its backside, which almost looked like a stinger. What is this thing?

P.S. How do I upload multiple photos simultaneously on here??

Comments (3)

veeta
10 years ago
I can't be 100% from that photo, but it looks like it is black and orange from this photo, and with it being on a curcurbit, could it be a squash vine borer?
CaraRose
10 years ago
SVB! SVB! ALERT ALERT!

I'm pretty darn sure it's a squash vine borer moth. Check your plants.
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digdirt2
10 years ago
You'll have to get a much closer photo of the bug itself to even begin to ID it. Could it be an SVB moth? Possibly. It could also be 150 other things. So rather than panic just look up a pic of the SVB and compare it.

Multiple pics - just C&P the URLS in the post double spaced one after another.

Dave

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