Firebug

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This article is about the insect. "Firebug" is also a slang term for a pyromaniac.
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Species: P. apterus
Binomial name
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Linnaeus, 1758

The Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

Firebugs generally mate in the months of April and May. Their primary diet consists of seeds from Lime trees and Mallows.


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