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Identification and Control Methods for the Tea Bug and the Yellow-Spotted Bug

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Distribution area: Morphological characteristics: The adult tea bug (Halys dentata) is about 15 mm long and 8-9 mm wide. The body is flattened and oval. Grayish-brown, with a slight purplish-red tinge. The antennae have 5 segments; segment 2 is longer than segment 3; both ends of segment 4 and the base of segment 5 are yellow. The thorax dorsum and forewings are densely covered with dark brown punctures. The eggs are cup-shaped and grayish-white. 20-30 eggs are arranged into an egg mass. The nymph is slightly flattened and round, dark brown, with dark spots on its back. The adult yellow-spotted bug (Erthesina fullo) is 20-30 mm long and 8-11 mm wide. Grayish-brown, with the body dorsum and forewings densely

Distribution area:

Morphological characteristics: The adult tea bug (Halys dentata) is about 15 mm long and 8-9 mm wide. The body is flattened and oval. Grayish-brown, with a slight purplish-red tinge. The antennae have 5 segments; segment 2 is longer than segment 3; both ends of segment 4 and the base of segment 5 are yellow. The thorax dorsum and forewings are densely covered with dark brown punctures. The eggs are cup-shaped and grayish-white. 20-30 eggs are arranged into an egg mass. The nymph is slightly flattened and round, dark brown, with dark spots on its back. The adult yellow-spotted bug (Erthesina fullo) is 20-30 mm long and 8-11 mm wide. Grayish-brown, with the body dorsum and forewings densely covered with many yellow spots. The antennae are black. The eggs are 1.8 mm in transverse diameter, cylindrical. Pale yellowish-white. 12 eggs cluster into a mass. The first-instar nymph has many red, yellow and black alternating transverse stripes on the thorax and abdomen. The second-instar body is grayish-black, with 6 red-yellow spots on the dorsal side of the abdomen.

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