Cotton Stainers Bugs - Family Pyrrhocoridae

Bugs in this family mainly feed on Malvaceae, including cotton. We found only one species in this family.

Pale Cotton Stainer - Dysdercus sidae

This page contains pictures and information about Pale Cotton Stainer Bugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 15mm 

 

We find quite a number of this bugs on a Malvaceae Abutilon plant in early summer. We saw only the adults but no nymph around. They have the red and black head, red eyes and pink to orange body, with a small black dot on each forewing. 

 

 

 

The bugs are known will attack cotton, staining the lint and damage the seed. 

 

 

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Last updated: March 23, 2004.