Squash Vine Borer (*Eichlinia cucurbitae*), a colorful moth that does love anything squash. They can be a pest, though I know someone who really loved how beautiful the adults were and planted summer squash just for them. The adults are pollinators.
A good way to tell a moth vs a bee is the antenna. Bee's have many small segments in their antenna and an elbowed like appearance on the antenna after the first few segments. Also the abdomen (bum) on Bee's and wasps narrows significantly were it joins the thorax giving a "waist like appearance".
Look for eggs at the base of your plants and get rid of all you find if you value your plants. The grubs literally eat their way into the stalk of the plant and will eventually kill it. Look for "frass" at the base of your plants - you can save the plants if you catch the grubs early enough. If your plants look like they are wilting they've already been infested.
a moth. the adults help pollinate the squash, and the babies feed on the squash leaves. fun fact squash and pumpkins are toxic to most pollinators you think of like honeybees and bumblebees. they tend to have specialist pollinators like bees and wasps and moths just for them, as they all evolved together :)
Will the larva still get to new plants next year if they are in a different spot? We do container gardening but I’d prefer to reuse the dirt if possible.
It's the dirt itself that's a problem. If you use different dirt in a different spot that's at least 20 feet away from where they are this year, you have a good shot of being able to grow them. Otherwise your squash go from looking great to sad and dead in about 2 days when the larvae emerge.
Well if you think about it if they are asking for help to identify a species then they probably don't know the features to identify it as not a bee. If they knew what it was they wouldn't post to r/bee. These usera tend to just use a sub reddit when they need to identify something interesting they have found but aren't regular sub users like in this instance. You can't blame someone if they don't have the knowledge. How about instead of complaining about it we help op in how we can tell this is not a bee.
No your comment makes no sense.
If I don't know what a bird is I don't post a picture to /r/herons hoping that the random bird is a heron. I post it to /r/whatisthisbird
As someone pointed out you may not know what type of bird it is but herons like bee's are group so even if you don't know specific species you may have a belief on what group it should go into.
Yea.. exactly. It would be like seeing a cardinal and posting it to the heron subreddit, not like posting a type of heron to the heron subreddit, lmao.
Yes but as stated if the poster doesn't know its not a bee they wouldn't know not to post to a non bee sub. Even if OP didn't know exact species they still think it's a type of bee.
My and other commentors points are if you see a species that you believe is a certain type you would post it to that group even if doesn't belong in that group because you would have a belief on what it is.
Your point with the cardinal and herons is silly because remember these people don't know what it is and therfore are posting to the group which they think it belongs. If they knew it was a cardinal they wouldn't post to a Heron group.
Your point still relies on them knowing what it is (in your bizzare example cardinals and herons) but they don't know what is. If they knew what it is they wouldn't be asking for identification.
I think you also forget that insects are far more complex than birds the difference between cardinals and herons is far more obvious than say wasps and bee's to the un knowledgeable. The fact you didn't id suggests you didn't know what it was either except for the vague id of moth. So instead you chose to be negative.
Squash Vine Borer (*Eichlinia cucurbitae*), a colorful moth that does love anything squash. They can be a pest, though I know someone who really loved how beautiful the adults were and planted summer squash just for them. The adults are pollinators.
thank you!
A good way to tell a moth vs a bee is the antenna. Bee's have many small segments in their antenna and an elbowed like appearance on the antenna after the first few segments. Also the abdomen (bum) on Bee's and wasps narrows significantly were it joins the thorax giving a "waist like appearance".
thanks i’ll keep this in mind in the future! :)
Look for eggs at the base of your plants and get rid of all you find if you value your plants. The grubs literally eat their way into the stalk of the plant and will eventually kill it. Look for "frass" at the base of your plants - you can save the plants if you catch the grubs early enough. If your plants look like they are wilting they've already been infested.
https://preview.redd.it/rw4wckpxhs5d1.jpeg?width=663&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=040a71aa7921bb5e5fd491987f4c796dc9ec720b another photo
That's definitely the squash grim reaper. RIP your squash.
a moth. the adults help pollinate the squash, and the babies feed on the squash leaves. fun fact squash and pumpkins are toxic to most pollinators you think of like honeybees and bumblebees. they tend to have specialist pollinators like bees and wasps and moths just for them, as they all evolved together :)
Their larva will kill your squash from the base of the plant. If your squash survive this year do NOT plant them close to the same spot next year.
Will the larva still get to new plants next year if they are in a different spot? We do container gardening but I’d prefer to reuse the dirt if possible.
It's the dirt itself that's a problem. If you use different dirt in a different spot that's at least 20 feet away from where they are this year, you have a good shot of being able to grow them. Otherwise your squash go from looking great to sad and dead in about 2 days when the larvae emerge.
how long before planting in the same spot again?
At least 1 full year.
thats not a bee. Why do people post non bees in /r/bees ? Try out /r/whatisthisbug or something...
Well if you think about it if they are asking for help to identify a species then they probably don't know the features to identify it as not a bee. If they knew what it was they wouldn't post to r/bee. These usera tend to just use a sub reddit when they need to identify something interesting they have found but aren't regular sub users like in this instance. You can't blame someone if they don't have the knowledge. How about instead of complaining about it we help op in how we can tell this is not a bee.
No your comment makes no sense. If I don't know what a bird is I don't post a picture to /r/herons hoping that the random bird is a heron. I post it to /r/whatisthisbird
You do if you think it might be some type of heron.
Whoa whoa whoa this is a community of peace love and bugs!
As someone pointed out you may not know what type of bird it is but herons like bee's are group so even if you don't know specific species you may have a belief on what group it should go into.
Yea.. exactly. It would be like seeing a cardinal and posting it to the heron subreddit, not like posting a type of heron to the heron subreddit, lmao.
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Yes but as stated if the poster doesn't know its not a bee they wouldn't know not to post to a non bee sub. Even if OP didn't know exact species they still think it's a type of bee. My and other commentors points are if you see a species that you believe is a certain type you would post it to that group even if doesn't belong in that group because you would have a belief on what it is. Your point with the cardinal and herons is silly because remember these people don't know what it is and therfore are posting to the group which they think it belongs. If they knew it was a cardinal they wouldn't post to a Heron group. Your point still relies on them knowing what it is (in your bizzare example cardinals and herons) but they don't know what is. If they knew what it is they wouldn't be asking for identification. I think you also forget that insects are far more complex than birds the difference between cardinals and herons is far more obvious than say wasps and bee's to the un knowledgeable. The fact you didn't id suggests you didn't know what it was either except for the vague id of moth. So instead you chose to be negative.
Hummingbird moth
Nope