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PrincessE
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Help identify this insect

I found this guy on my cucumber plant. I didn't want to spray him with NEEM oil because I wasn't sure if he was beneficial or not. Can anyone identify him for me please :?:
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valley
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Looks like a bee to meee. If the abdomen is yellow it may be an Italian, If black and white a caucasian or any of a number of other hybrid like Buckmaster or or.

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valley wrote:Looks like a bee to meee. If the abdomen is yellow it may be an Italian, If black and white a caucasian or any of a number of other hybrid like Buckmaster or or.

Richard
Thank you, Richard. I thought it looked like a bee also but was afraid it may be a moth. I did a little research and found it may be a carpenter bee which are found in CA. The article was a few years old so since then it has made it's way to HI.
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It is a carpenter bee drone. The females are black.
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imafan26 wrote:It is a carpenter bee drone. The females are black.
Thank you! I'm so glad I decided to do a little research before I killed it.
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Oh wow, it looks real cool!


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