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Red Cotton Bug and Nymph

Dysdercus cingulatus

Photo by Roy Arun
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Field Notes

Description:

Colour: Orange red with white and black spot on abdomen in nymph and black spot on nymphal wing....
adults are also orange red in colour. And Black and orange colour wing.

Size: Almost 1.5cm.

Habitat:

Found as a colony in my backyard in summer.

Notes:

These bug nymphs were moving in cluster, around some seed like structure. I could not identify what it was..

Reference Links:

Red Cotton Bug (Dysdercus cingulatus) - Information on Red Cotton Bug, Pyrrhocoridae

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