Pale Cotton Stainer - Dysdercus sidae
Family Pyrrhocoridae
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.
- Reference:
- 1. Dysdercus sidae Montrouzier - AICN Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO 2005.
- 2. Pale cotton stainers, Dysdercus sidae - Lewis Wilson, Moazzem Khan, Tracey Farrell, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC, 2008.
