Species Dysdercus suturellus - Cotton Stainer

Classification · Size · Identification · Internet References

Nymph of Cotton Stainer? - Dysdercus suturellus

Cotton Stainers Mating - Dysdercus suturellus - male - female

Cotton stainer nymph - Dysdercus suturellus

Dysdercus suturellus - Cotton Stainer - Dysdercus suturellus

Unknown Florida Leaf Bug - Dysdercus suturellus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Pyrrhocoridae (Red Bugs)

Genus Dysdercus (Cotton Stainers)

Species suturellus (Cotton Stainer)

Size

12 - 17 mm (adult)

Identification

Corium light to dark brown, not reddish; black spot absent, but a dark bar sometimes variously developed from obscure to distinct. First (innermost) antennal segment distinctly longer than the second. (from key on UF site, below).

Internet References

University of Florida Featured Creatures

adult image

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 12 March, 2006 - 12:10pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 12 March, 2008 - 9:01pm

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