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In our backyard we have lots of firebugs. Either they crawl around or they doze in the sun. Their favourite meal are the seeds of the lime tree.
螢火蟲是一種既美麗又神秘的小昆蟲，全世界有2000多種，而台灣約有56種。牠與金龜子一樣，是屬於鞘翅目的昆蟲，一生必須經歷卵、幼蟲、蛹與成蟲四個階段，是屬於完全變態的昆蟲。牠的生長的時間相當長，大部分種類為一年一代，並以幼蟲期、蛹期或卵期越冬，幼蟲期長達10個月，而成蟲卻只有20天左右的短暫生命
螢火蟲是一種既美麗又神秘的小昆蟲，全世界有2000多種，而台灣約有56種。牠與金龜子一樣，是屬於鞘翅目的昆蟲，一生必須經歷卵、幼蟲、蛹與成蟲四個階段，是屬於完全變態的昆蟲。牠的生長的時間相當長，大部分種類為一年一代，並以幼蟲期、蛹期或卵期越冬，幼蟲期長達10個月，而成蟲卻只有20天左右的短暫生命
Parents used to own an old house: "The Grey House". Used it for storage. Firebug got to it. Oh, well.
Black-tailed Skimmer, Orthetrum cancellatum + Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apteru / Стрекоза решётчатая + Клопы-солдатики, красноклопы бескрылые или козачки
The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the USA, Central America and India. It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland UK. They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, with from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.
Photographed in Granada, Andalucía, España
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The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China.
La chinche de la malva arbórea (Pyrrhocoris apterus), también conocido como zapatero o San Antonio, es un insecto común de la familia de los pirrocóridos.
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On display at North Weald Airfield.
Lancer Book 73-615 (1967)
Robert Bloch
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Everyone remembers Psycho, but I wonder who remembers this book?
Is that the best name they could think of for a spider-beetle-scorpion-bird monster from the center of the earth? This pic doesn't really show it, but this figure is HUGE. Same height as the other Gormiti, but has a lot more depth and weight than any but the faction leaders. Really, you could put a kid's eye out with him.
(Pyrrhocoris apterus, in Czech: Ruměnice pospolná).
As a child I was wondering why these bugs are doing such impractical thing. Later I've found out that it was sex! ;-)
Melaten Cemetery, Cologne, Germany
Melaten Friedhof, Köln, Deutschland
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I just happened to be up in the wee hours on this mid Sept night when I heard off noises from outside. I went to the window as I heard a car horn sounding and then while there an explosion went off with an added smell of burning rubber and plastic in the air. Then I hear firetrucks approaching nearby. I got dressed and went a half a block to the scene and this. A bunch of vehicles had been on fire as people stood around in amazement watching them burn while some Calgary Firefighters dowsed them with water and foam.
More from the Calgary Sun (Sept.18 2011)
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Half a century ago Thayer Professor James Browning ’44 was nicknamed Hanover’s firebug for his study of flame stability and combustion. In the 1950s he created a plasma torch that produced flames twice as hot as the sun’s surface. Passing nitrogen or hydrogen through a high-intensity electric arc, the torch cut metal like butter. Browning and Thayer colleague Merle Thorpe founded Thermal Dynamics Corp. to manufacture the device. Within three years the start-up had sales of $1 million. A decade later, Thayer Professor Robert Dean and Richard Couch ’64, Th’65 formed Hypertherm Inc. to produce a water-injection plasma torch that was nine times hotter than the sun. Today that company employs 500 people.
This photo appeared in "Inventions" in the Spring 2006 issue and in "150 Thayer Gifts to the World" in the Fall 2017 issue of Dartmouth Engineer magazine.
Photo courtesy of Dartmouth College Archives.
This species has a huge range from Western Europe to Asia. It has a tinly population in the United Kingdom where it is at the extreme edge of its range. It is common across central and southern Europe where Lime and Mallow occur. The adults and larvae feed primarily on the seeds of these species. These were photographed in early July in the grounds of Abbaye Saint-Georges, Saint Marin-de Boscherville, Seine-Maritime (76), France.