In California, the lygus bug invaded cotton fields of the San Joaquin Valley.
From the time.com
It's not necessary to spray for lygus in safflower, but the insect does a lot of damage in cotton.
From the fresnobee.com
Now the lygus bug is fading, while the bollworm is on the march.
From the time.com
Lygus bugs cause the berries to deform.
From the post-gazette.com
As the lygus bugs crowd into the green growth, a giant tractor-mounted vacuum cleaner comes by and sucks them up.
From the post-gazette.com
They still needed some pesticide because the Bt cotton continued to suffer damage from pests that attack cotton bolls above ground, such as lygus bugs and whiteflies.
From the newscientist.com
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Plant-sucking bugs
The genus Lygus includes over 40 species of plant-feeding insects in the family Miridae. At one time, nearly 200 species were classified as genus Lygus, but most of those have since been reclassified into new or existing genera. The term lygus bug is used for any member of genus Lygus. ...