Chinch bugs are small insects with sucking mouthparts. Adults appear black with clear or silver wings.
Nymphs vary in color as they mature.
First instar nymphs will appear orange in color. As the nymphs mature, they progressively become darker in color with distinctive white stripes appearing across their upper surface. Corn, sorghum, millets, wheat, barley and lawn grasses. Chinch bugs are often considered soil insects due to the location of their injury which is at or just below soil level. Damaged plants will often express a host of nutritional maladies.