They also kept records of mirid bug populations at the farms between 1997 and 2008.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mirid bug outbreaks in multiple crops correlated with wide-scale adoption of Bt cotton in China.
From the nature.com
Pameridea roridulae, a mirid bug.
From the sciencedaily.com
Touching a sticky hair against a piece of mirid bug cuticle and looking at it with cryo-SEM, the team could see that the glue seemed to run like a fluid over the thick greasy surface.
From the sciencedaily.com
Next the team checked the mirid bug's surface by pressing a bug against a glass slide and looking at the slide under a microscope to see if they were covered in a special glue-proof coating.