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cabbage bug

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harlequin bug

–noun
a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
Also called cabbage bug, calicoback, calico bug, harlequin cabbage bug.


Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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