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Cotton Stainer

Dysdercus sp.

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.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Wilson W
Wilson W 10 years ago
Cotton stainer
Dysdercus cingulatus Cotton stainers


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1 Comment

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

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.

LaurenZarate
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LaurenZarate

Mexico

Spotted on Mar 31, 2014
Submitted on Apr 16, 2014

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