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Definition of cotton stainer in English: cotton stainernoun A North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibres. 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 stainernoun A North American bug which feeds on cotton bolls, causing reddish staining of the fibers. 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.
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