-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Infraorder Pentatomomorpha)

-Red and Bordered Plant Bugs (Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea)

-Red Bugs (Family Pyrrhocoridae)

-Cotton Stainer Bugs (Genus Dysdercus)

-Two-spotted Cotton Stainer (Dysdercus bimaculatus)

The Two-spotted Cotton Stainer (Dysdercus bimaculatus) is a red bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae found in Central, North, and South America. It is named for its habit of staining cotton and its two prominent spots on the corium (forewing). As an immature nymph, it gathers in clusters and feeds on plants in the Malvaceae family, including cotton and hibiscus. Adults are attracted to flowers for feeding and can cause staining and damage to cotton bolls.