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insect, Dysdercus genus

Also known as: Dysdercus

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variety of red bug

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The genus Dysdercus is one of the most destructive cotton pests in North America and India. This cotton stainer damages cotton plants by sucking the sap and destroys the cotton bolls by staining them with excrement. At one time small piles of sugarcane were put between rows…
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