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A North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibres.
Genus Dysdercus, family Pyrrhocoridae, suborder Heteroptera: several species, in particular D. suturellus
‘Okra is grown nearby to attract away cotton stainers - one insect that the ants don't attack.’
‘Empty weavers' nests dangled from lifeless tree branches and flea beetles and cotton stainer bugs provided the only movement in that empty place.’
‘Pungent smoke from the desiccated shrubs wafted through the cotton fields, instantly driving out the cotton stainers, which ruin cotton by puncturing the seeds, releasing oils that stain the boll.’
‘When these antihormones are applied to immature cotton stainers and Mexican bean beetles, the insects grow into sterile adults.’
‘The life cycles of the pale cotton stainer and the cotton harlequin bug have not been fully studied.’