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Dysdercus koenigii is a species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, commonly known as the red cotton stainer. It is a serious pest of cotton crops, the adults and older nymphs feeding on the emerging bolls and the cotton seeds as they mature, transmitting cotton staining fungi as they do so.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red Cotton Stainer being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dysdercus cingulatus
- Dysdercus poecilus
- Physopelta slanbuschii
- Dysdercus fuscomaculatus
- Dysdercus superstitiosus
- Dysdercus sidae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pyrrhocoridae
- Genus
- Dysdercus
- Species
- Dysdercus koenigii
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