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Help identify this insect
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:13 pm
by PrincessE
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
Re: Help identify this insect
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 2:13 pm
by valley
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
Re: Help identify this insect
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:00 pm
by PrincessE
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.
Re: Help identify this insect
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:01 pm
by imafan26
It is a carpenter bee drone. The females are black.
Re: Help identify this insect
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 5:18 pm
by PrincessE
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.
Re: Help identify this insect
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:41 am
by Aida
Oh wow, it looks real cool!