Red and Black Bug(Dysdercus koenigii)

in Insects Of The World3 years ago (edited)

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Mr.pucung is a nickname for this type of beetle where I live, this type of ladybug is one of the pests on cotton plants.

Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: approximately
Genus: Dysdercus
Species: Dysdercus koenigii.

Insects from the Pyrrhocoridae family are very tame and easy to catch or get with your bare hands, one thing we need to know apart from their striking color, these insects measuring approximately 11 mm in size also rarely fly, usually they just walk around the place they live.
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Called the Cotton Stainer Bug or Red Cotton Bug because Mr. Pucung eats the seeds of the cotton plant and is often found living in groups on the cotton plant, and when it eats the seeds of the cotton plant, this ladybug will pierce and begin to eat the cotton seeds, and cotton pods that this beetle targets. is a type of fruit that is still young, this is because the young fruit has seeds that are easy to bite, as a result it will make itself leave stains on the cotton seeds, which leads to rot or the quality of the cotton fruit decreases which causes farmers to lose money and also crop failure.

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Beautiful and strange insect, thank you @jesicamoonroe for the discovery !