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Cotton Stainer

Dysdercus sp.

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Found on the leaves of a Jungle Wild Flower, 1 cm long. This is one of the Cotton Stainers, Family Pyrrhorcoridae.

Habitat:

Lacandon Jungle, Yachilan Mayan Ruins, Usumacinta River, Chiapas.

Species ID Suggestions

Cotton stainer

Dysdercus cingulatus

Comments (1)

Thank you Wilson. Not sure if this is D. cingulatus though, because the spots are not right and the thorax has a different color pattern.

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