SUCKING INSECTS

INSECTS AND MITES THAT SUCK THE JUICES FROM FOLIAGE, FRUITS, STEMS AND ROOTS, CAUSING DISCOLORATION, STUNTING DEFORMED FRUIT AND OTHER DAMAGE

SQUASH BUG, Anasa tristis (De Geer)
Description Picture Damage
  • adults are brownish gray to dark gray bugs
  • about 5/8 inch long
  • nymphs have a green abdomen with crimson head, thorax, legs and antennae
  • later become grayish-white with nearly black legs and antennae
  • well camouflaged






    • Photo credit: Extension Entomology, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University

  • attacked plant stems often are enlarged but later wither and die
  • can become numerous on squash and pumpkins



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    Last modified: March 31, 1998