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PhotoGallery of Cotton Insects, Spiders, Etc.
Common Pests
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Aphids (winged and
non-winged, more aphids,
curled leaf,
curling and honeydew)
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Bandedwinged Whiteflies (adults,
pupa)
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Beet Armyworm (larva,
damage)
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Bollworm (egg,
egg on bloom tag,
egg on boll bract,
egg on square bract,
larva,
larval color phases,
larva eating boll,
moth,
square damage,
more square damage)
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Boll Weevil (adult,
close up of spurs,
punctured square,
grub1,
grub2, pupa)
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Clouded Plant Bug (nymph,
nymph2, adult1,
adult2,
damaged boll - external,
damaged boll - internal)
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Cutworm (black
cutworm larva, black cutworm moth,
cut plant)
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Fall Armyworm (egg mass,
larva,
larva in boll,
larva behind bract,
scarring damage,
moth)
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Soybean Looper (larva,
larva1,
cocoon,
moth)
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Spider Mites (close
up of mites and spherical eggs, stippled
leaf, hot spot)
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Stink Bug - Green (hatching
eggs, early instar nymph,
late instar nymph, adult)
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Stink Bug - Brown (nymph,
adult)
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Stink Bug - Southern Green (egg
mass, hatched
egg
mass)
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Stink Bug Damage (catfacing1,
catfacing2,
warts,
staining/rot)
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Tarnished Plant Bug (egg,
nymph and adult,
nymph2,
adult2,
square abscission,
abscission scars,
yellow-stained square,
dirty bloom)
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Thrips (immature and
adult, "possum-eared" damage,
more damage,
very bad,
treated vs. untreated row,
sampling)
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Tobacco Budworm (egg,
larva and damage,
moth,
dirty terminal, damaged square)
Natural Enemies - Predators and Parasitoids
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Aphid Parasitoid, Lysiphlebus
(mummified
aphids, another shot)
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Assassin Bug (adult)
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Big Eyed Bug, Geocoris
(adult)
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Cotesia Parasitoid of Armyworms (cocoon)
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Damsel bug (adult)
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Fire Ants (mound,
adult)
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Insidious Flower Bug, Orius (adult)
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Lacewing (larva feeding on
aphid, egg,
cocoon)
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Lady Beetle (yellow egg
mass, larva1,
larva2,
pupa,
adult1, adult2)
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Spiders (crab
spider, lynx spider)
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Spined Soldier Bug, Podisus (adult,
adult eats beet armyworm,
nymph eats lady beetle larva,
hatching eggs)
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Syrphid Fly (Hover or Flower
Fly) (adult fly
and pupa, larva, larva1)
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Wheel Bug (adult)
Other Plant Feeders (some
of little economic importance)
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Cotton Square Borer
(larva and square damage)
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Corn
Root Aphid (on roots,
closer shot)
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Cucumber Beetle (adult)
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European Corn Borer (entrance
hole in stalk, larva in stalk)
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False Chinch Bugs (nymphs,
adults,
killing seedling)
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Flea Beetle (adult)
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Grasshoppers (nymphs)
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Japanese Beetle (adults,
another shot,
adult in bloom)
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Leafrollers (bract
feeding, larva and webbing,
another shot)
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Saltmarsh Caterpillars (eggs, hatching
egg mass,
larva,
larva1)
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Slugs (slugs
and damage to cotton,
another shot,
more damage,
cut plants)
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Southern Armyworm (larva,
larva in bloom)
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Vegetable Weevil (adult,
cut plant)
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Yellowstriped
Armyworm (larva,
another shot)
Other
Critters That May Be Present (Usually of No Economic
Importance)
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