Cactus Coreid Bug (Cheilinidea vittiger)

Order: Hemiptera (he-MIP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Coreidae Genus: Cheilinidea Species: vittiger Profile: No positives No neutrals 2 negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Black Canyon City, Arizona Mesa, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Tucson, Arizona Briarcliff, Arkansas Timber Pines, Florida Coushatta, Louisiana Eufaula, Oklahoma Headrick, Oklahoma Elgin, Texas Watauga, Texas Waxahachie, Texas Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Negative broncbuster On Jul 30, 2007, broncbuster from Waxahachie, TX (Zone 8a) wrote: These insects have little needles that they use to extract juice from my prickly pear cacti. My chickens have helped to control them. Negative PTCGAZ On Apr 4, 2013, PTCGAZ from Black Canyon City, AZ wrote: These are the bugs that suck the juices out of Opuntia and other types of cactus and can spread germs to them, that leaves them with the round dots on the pads. It doesn't kill the plant, but it can make them discolored. I have killed a few of them here in BCC. And btw they have been on Echinopsis, and a few others types of plants.

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