Dysdercus cingulatus is a species of true bug ,commonly known as the red cotton stainer. It is a serious pest of cotton crops, the adults and older nymphs feeding on the emerging bolls and the cotton seeds as they mature,transmitting cotton-staining fungi as they do so. Red cotton bug appearance on cotton is after the commencement of the first open boll in the cottonfields. Dusky cotton bugs appear on cotton is when majority of bolls on the crop are open.