Tarnished plant bug
General The lygus bug (or tarnished plant bug) is native to North America, and it is especially common across the eastern half of the continent, from northern [...] mouthparts, injecting enzyme-filled saliva to break down the plant tissue and sucking out the contents. The following symptoms begin to appear a few weeks after [...] ed flask, truncated with a flat cap from which the nymph emerges. The adults insert their eggs into the host plant tissue with only this cap exposed. Small