Notes on the Basic Reproductive Biology of the Green Plant Bug Infesting South Texas Cotton

A green plant bug, Creontiades signatus, has become and economic threat to late season cotton in south Texas growing regions such as the Coastal Bend regiond and the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Understanding the reproductive biology of a pest (time to maturation or preoviposition period, time required for egg development, etc...) can be an important step in the building and developing management strategies. We observed some fundamental reproductive development in the pest