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squash bug

A blackish North American insect (Anasa tristis) that is destructive to squash, pumpkins, and other crops.

squash bug

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various heteropterous insects of the family Coreidae, esp a North American species, Anasa tristis, which is a pest of squash, pumpkin, and related plants

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squash bug - large black American bug that sucks sap of vines of the gourd family

Anasa tristis

coreid, coreid bug - a true bug

Anasa, genus Anasa - squash bugs

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