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Published: 2008-06-10 00:18:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 389; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 5
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This is an awesome bug that was in my garden. It started out as a pod like thing and suddenly became this. At the moment it is drying its wings so that it can take off.I have found out what the bug is with help from Ahsatan2.
It's a squash vine borer here's the site if you want to see more info on it [[link]
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When I saw the thumbnail for this picture, I thought it was Photoshopped or a 3D rendering. This bug looks almost too colorful to be real.
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lol....nope that's the picture. It is a very pretty bug but such a pest! They killed my pretty pumpkin 
Thank you! ^^
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A friend of mine thinks it may be from this family. [link]
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I found it!!! It's a Squash Vine borer! [[link]
it looks exactly like that when the wings are closed. This is exciting!! Thank you for that piece of information I would have never quessed that.
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OOOoo yeah! It looks very similar to the first pic. I'll research that name and see what I find.
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It does kind of look like one....but do moths lay their eggs underground?
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Yes, I believe some of them do.
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Okay then....Well I'll believe that too for now, until I get a chance to really research what it is.
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I too will see what I can dig up when I can.
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Okay thanks! I'll get back to you on what I find...maybe we can combine what we find to get a decent theory of what that thing is.
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I have no clue that's why I'm asking everybody XD
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my uncle says it's some sort of beetle. he has seen is something like it in asia just not as colourful.
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I looked it up the other day and it is a Squash Vine Borer. We just recently grew some pumpkins and noticed that they were dying. When I was reading about them I found out they lay their eggs in the stems or roots of squash-like vegetables and so that explains why that happened. It also says that they go through a metamorphsis stage like moths and butterflies which explains the cacoon I found it in.
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