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Se alimenta de diversas plantas en especial leñonas con frecuencia avellanos, tambien de insectos muertos. En caso de amenaza , libera una secreción de olor fuerte . No son buenos voladores , su vuelo lento hace ruidos o zumbidos fuertes. Es de actividad diurna. Como con la mayoría Pentatomidae , produce una sola generación por año
Esta especie se multiplica con una gran cantidad de huevos cuando se les altera en su hábitat. Estas acciones hacen que produzcan una secreción venenosa de color blanquecino . Los productos químicos con la secreción que emiten, permitira que los huevos puedan fertilizar en cualquier tipo entorno por agresivo que sea
Shot on Ricoh GR Digital III
Lighting: Built-in flash through do-it-yourself diffuser
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... a hollyhock, somewhere in France.
* Also known as 'La Gendarmerie'. The French effectionately call these bugs "gendarmes", because they go around in pairs! ;-)
Viewed in lightbox and on full screen, you should be able too see quite a few of these 'redcoats' or firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) in the shadows, under the crumpled leaves.
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Charaxes- We must destroy this false moth. Drury Walker must perish! All who follow him must be eliminated!
The Moth- With respect my liege, you are not yet at your full power. It will take time to adjust to your new body.
Charaxes- Yes of course, fool. Which is why I have assembled a team of the greatest supervillains of all time! Each with a vendetta against our esteemed adversaries.
The Moth- Indeed sire? Who are these individuals you speak of.
Charaxes- Behold!
Zodiac- Let’s do this! Woo!
The Moth- Are you sure sir? That is the Zodiac Master. And that is Firebug. King of Cats, Cluemaster, Ono- Ok, I’ll give you Onomatopoeia but the rest?
Charaxes- I fail to see an issue, these are true professionals.
The Moth- How do I phrase this... Four out of five of them are registered sex offenders and I am not quite certain that Cluemaster is entirely clean either.
Charaxes- Your point is?
The Moth- Well, I. No. Forgive me for questioning you. I am sure your plan will succeed.
Zodiac- You pussy! The only person who can touch me like that is Magpie
King of Cats- But I adore your aftershave!
Ono- Sniff
Firebug- It is rather nice!
Artie- I brought Batman to his knees! Why am I grouped with these guys?!
The Moth- Oh yes. It will definitely work. Absolutely. No doubt about it
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Drury- zzz
CK- Sauce?
Drury- zzzzzzzzz
Ck- Sauuuuuuuuce
Miranda- Oh my God!
CK- Sauce!
Drury- What? It wasn’t me!
Miranda- What are you doing in our bedroom?!
Ck- Sauce!
Drury- Why would we keep our sauce in the bedroom? It’s in the kitchen you fool!
CK- Gracias!
Miranda- We really need better locks
—Later, in the kitchen—
Ck- Hm... Sauce? Sauce!
Gar- What the bitch? Ketchup Queen?!
CK- Shit!
Gar- What are you- is that my hot sauce? Are you using it as- Oh fuck! Why would you even do that?! Won’t it burn?
Ck- Perhaps I like the pain
Gar- Oh god. Put. It. Down
Ck- Make me! I am the sultan of sauce! The master of mustard! The cream of the crop!
Gar- Can you go one sentence without a food pun?
CK- It’s my whole thing fruitcake!
Gar- Please leave
"They can be seen in tandem formation when mating which can take from 12 hours up to 7 days. The long period of copulating is probably used by the males as a form of ejaculate-guarding under high competition with other males." (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug)
I didn't have my macro lens with me when I saw this colourful beetle in the grounds of St George in the East but the normal lens has done a pretty good job of picking up its detail.
Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) take their time when mating and can be coupled to their partner for hours, typically walking around like that (one of them obviously backwards). I shot a pair here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/46943612295/ and right after, a black garden ant (Lasius niger) showed up, watching the two getting it on.
This can apparently take from 12 hours to 7 days!! (Thought to be a ploy on the part of males to stop any rival getting in on the act!)
Firebugs are not averse from sucking a bit of hemocel from each other; here I came across what looks like a real robbery.
They say a change is as good as a rest (I dispute this, but...) but with that theory in mind, here's 3 pics I took at a friend's gig last week.
The setting was uber dark, so I had to be a little creative with the settings. The results have been well received though :)
Black Cat / Heft-Reihe
Black Cat
cover: Lee Elias
- Flames Over Hollywood!
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #28 (April 1951)
- The Black Cat Adopts a Kitten!
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #28 (April 1951)
- A Day In the Life of Linda Turner
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #28 (April 1951)
- The Crimson Raider!
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #28 (April 1951)
- Mistaken Identity
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #22 (April 1950)
- Jungle Danger!
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #14 (November 1948)
- Perils of Linda Turner!
(art: Lee Elias)
Reprints from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #15 (January 1949)
Harvey (Giant Size Harvey Comics.) / USA 1962
Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cat_(Harvey_Comics)