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Anasa tristis is a species of bug in the family Coreidae. It is a major pest of squash and pumpkins, found throughout North America, and is a vector of the cucurbit yellow vine disease bacterium. [1] These bugs can emit an unpleasant odor when disturbed. It is commonly known as the squash bug but shares this name with certain other species.
A female squash bug lays bronze-colored oval eggs on the underside of the leaves of the squash family plants. Each squash bug female can lay as many as 18 eggs near the main vein on the leaf where ...
A female leaf-footed bug, family Coreidae and tribe Acanthocephalini, deposits an egg before flying off. Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. [1] The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus Coreus, which derives from the Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris) meaning bedbug. [2]
Pet owners are being warned to keep dogs away from dead fish after several cases of salmon poisoning were reported near Newport on the Oregon Coast.
Cypermethrin is a broad-spectrum insecticide, which means it kills beneficial insects as well as the targeted insects. [14] Fish are particularly susceptible to cypermethrin, [ 15 ] [ 16 ] but when used as directed, application around residential sites poses little risk to aquatic life. [ 17 ]
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Squash bug is a common name for several insects in the family Coreidae and may refer to: Acanthocoris scabrator; Anasa tristis, native to North America;
When squash serves as a trap crop, the tomato yellow curl leaf virus can be controlled and limited. Scientific experiments show in the fields that growing squash crops around the areas where tomato plants can be found is a useful manipulation in regulating the silverleaf whitefly population as well as the transmission of TYLCV.