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Truebugs… Consperse stink bug/Western boxelder bug
Publication Information
California Agriculture 30(10):22-23.
Published October 01, 1976
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Abstract
Consperse stink bug feeding on the fruit causes sunken areas or dimples on the surface under which white corky areas form in the flesh. (See fig. 1 and 2.) The bug usually feeds near the stem end, although it may attack other parts of the fruit. While feeding, the adult bug often leaves small, dark blotches of excrement on fruit and leaves.