A North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibres.
棉红蝽象；污棉虫
Genus Dysdercus, family Pyrrhocoridae, suborder Heteroptera: several species, in particular D. suturellus
Example sentencesExamples
Pungent smoke from the desiccated shrubs wafted through the cotton fields, instantly driving out the cotton stainers, which ruin cotton by puncturing the seeds, releasing oils that stain the boll.
When these antihormones are applied to immature cotton stainers and Mexican bean beetles, the insects grow into sterile adults.
Empty weavers' nests dangled from lifeless tree branches and flea beetles and cotton stainer bugs provided the only movement in that empty place.
Okra is grown nearby to attract away cotton stainers - one insect that the ants don't attack.
The life cycles of the pale cotton stainer and the cotton harlequin bug have not been fully studied.
Definition of cotton stainer in US English:
cotton stainer
noun
A North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibers.
棉红蝽象；污棉虫
Genus Dysdercus, family Pyrrhocoridae, suborder Heteroptera: several species, in particular D. suturellus
Example sentencesExamples
When these antihormones are applied to immature cotton stainers and Mexican bean beetles, the insects grow into sterile adults.
Pungent smoke from the desiccated shrubs wafted through the cotton fields, instantly driving out the cotton stainers, which ruin cotton by puncturing the seeds, releasing oils that stain the boll.
Empty weavers' nests dangled from lifeless tree branches and flea beetles and cotton stainer bugs provided the only movement in that empty place.
The life cycles of the pale cotton stainer and the cotton harlequin bug have not been fully studied.
Okra is grown nearby to attract away cotton stainers - one insect that the ants don't attack.