Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A larval mite of the spurious genus Leptus, L. irritans, found commonly in the southern United States: same as
jigger , 2. - noun A heteropterous insect, Dysdercus saturellus, which damages cotton in the southern United States and in the West Indies. Also called
cotton-stainer .
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My two favorites are texas-rigged Zoom red shad curly tail or Yum red-bug.
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My two favorites are texas-rigged Zoom red shad curly tail or Yum red-bug.
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Other blemishes are considered important in about the order named: Side worms, scab, stippin, curculio or red-bug, skin punctures, bruises, stem pulled, russet (not typical for variety) and limb rub.
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These sprayings, variously modified, control not only the codlin-moth and the scab fungus but also scale, blister-mite, plant-lice, leaf-roller, case-bearer, bud-moth, red-bug and others.
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"Then I says, 'Well! them bodies has got to be hid, or we'll have the tribe and the bluebellies from the fort a scouring these hills till a red-bug couldn't hide.'
Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913
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