Cotton Seed Bug
Cotton seed bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Costa), is a serious pest of cotton and other plants in the cotton family. This pest can also feed on other fruits and seeds of unrelated plants causing significant damage.
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis, the cotton seed bug.
Photograph courtesy of Michael C. Thomas, DPI
Close up of cotton seed bugs on cotton boll.
Photograph courtesy of Andrew Derksen, DPI-CAPS and Karolynne Griffiths, USDA-PPQ-CAPS.
