Symptom of damage

• Sucks the sap from developing seeds in open bolls and stains the lint black
• Seeds discolored and shrunken

Identification of the pest

• Eggs - Cigar shaped, white eggs in clusters of 2-10 within the half opened bolls, on the bolls, flower or buds
• Nymphs and adults - Dusky, greyish brown bug, with pointed head and hyaline wings