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tarnished plant bug
noun
: a common hemipterous brownish bug (Lygus lineolaris) of eastern North America that causes injury to plants especially by sucking sap from buds, leaves, and fruits
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Other possible causes include frost injury to flowers and young fruits or tarnished plant bug injury.
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Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
Attacks of tarnished plant bugs show up as black joints or brown, sunken areas.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2017
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Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
Attacks of tarnished plant bugs show up as black joints or brown, sunken areas.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2017
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“Tarnished plant bug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tarnished%20plant%20bug. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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