Firebug (insect)

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Firebug

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 April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows.

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Images of firebugs

Mating Firebugs
Mating Firebugs


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