Crops > Vegetables > Abelmoschus manihot > Oxycarenus sp., Cook Is



Crops > Vegetables > Abelmoschus manihot > Oxycarenus sp., Cook Is

Crops VegetablesAbelmoschus manihot Oxycarenus sp., Cook Is

Oxycarenus sp.

December 2002. A pest of the fruit of Abelmoschus manihot (aibeca, bele or slippery cabbage) in the Pacific region.This photo was sent from Cook Islands and identified as Oxycarenus luctuosus) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), Cottonseed bug. They normally feeds on cotton bolls, Kenaf and Okra, multiplying very fast during hot and dry weather periods. Nymphs are red and they occur in clusters.