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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 21, 2004

Found some of these on my squash.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 21, 2004

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 21, 2004

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RikerBear Seattle, WA(Zone 8b) Jun 21, 2004

Looks like a Squash bug to me...........................

http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/answers/identify/suck/squash_bug.html

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2004

If it's on your squash chances are it is a squash bug (or stink bug). Get rid of it! And check for eggs on the leaves and under the leaves. Squish 'em!

There is a look-alike bug similar to a squash bug but has spines on its shoulders (Spined soldier bug)...those are beneficial so don't kill those.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 21, 2004

OK, thanks for the info.

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Jun 21, 2004

found the eggs & I squish-squashed'em. {:-])

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Jun 21, 2004

Yep...dats dem boogers! Good going!

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Xenomorf Phoenix, AZ(Zone 9b) Aug 14, 2006

I think this looks like Anasa tristis,
Does anyone see anything else that is similar?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Aug 14, 2006

I agree with Anasa tristis

Ken

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 19, 2006

Good advice, Horseshoe. Always look for those eggs. Saves you a lot of trouble later.

BTW, Horseshoe - I met you at the Texas RU in College Station this spring. Anyway, I met your picture! Howdy!

CJ

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froggie42 Shelton, WA Aug 19, 2006

Can anyone identify this cute bug for me?

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 19, 2006

I think it's a California Laurel Borer, Rosalia funebris

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 19, 2006

I think he belongs in Bug Files, maybe he'll pose for more pictures

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lwhalliday Pittsboro, NC(Zone 7a) Aug 19, 2006

He's a right handsome fella, isn't he?

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 19, 2006

A round-necked longhorn beetle. Looks like Rosalia funebris, Family Cerambycidae, in the Cerambycinae subfamily. It is a tree borer - the Banded Alder Borer. Pretty, but not nice.
http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=7429&start=1
http://www.uvm.edu/albeetle/identification/bandedalderborer.html

If you have a new insect that you would like ID'd, it is best to start your own thread. More people will see it that way, and will get a quicker ID.
CJ

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