Considered the major pests of seed alfalfa crops, they also damage sugar beet plants, cause cat-facing injury to peaches and apricots, and can attack other crops. The legume bug, Lygus hesperus, or brown lygus is discussed with emphasis on the method of injury, life history, late season activity, and predators that help in control. Illustrations assist identification of life stages. 2 pages.
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Title
Lygus Bugs and Their Predators
Creators
D. F. Mayer (Author)
C. A. (Carl A.) Johansen (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Extension); EB1604
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900501508201842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess