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Red Cotton Bug nymph

Dysdercus cingulatus

Photo by VivBraznell
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Field Notes

Notes:

An adult on the same plant as this earlier spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/157456100

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red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) - 5368187

Species ID Suggestions

Red Cotton Bug Nymph

Dysdercus cingulatus

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Comments (2)
bayucca
Pyrrhocoridae, Dysdercus sp. and most probably Dysdercus cingulatus. The other one Dysdercus koenigii looks different and Dysdercus suturellus is a species from the Americas. http://pk-photography.blogspot.ch/2011/01/red-cotton-bug-dysdercus-cingulatus.html http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Minibeast-Bug/Dysdercus%20cingulatus/Main.html http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/field/bugs/cotton_stainer.htm

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Biodiversity of Thailand
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PublishedMarch 17, 2014

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