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Tenerife.
Firebug. Pyrrhocoris sp.
Pyrrhocoridae is a family of insects with more than 300 species world-wide. A common species in parts of Europe is the firebug. They are part of the order Hemiptera which are also known as the 'true bugs'.
Please no invites to mandatory comment/award groups.
And especially NO BIG GRAPHICS.
To admins of of those groups: I will just click OK add it if you take no notice and invite me anyway.
my most interesting on black: www.fluidr.com/photos/lindadevolder/interesting
Previously unheard of sons of Victorian 'freak' John Merrick, the famous 'Elephant Man' today announced they are to form a boy band managed by X-Factor judge Simon Cowell.
Barry, Derek and Clive Merrick are due to launch their debut album 'Trunky Wanna Bun?' at a celebrity-packed gala performance at London Zoo this winter.
There has been no comment from their estranged sister, Nellie.
[ fun with firebug ;) ]
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Shot with Canon 600d and reversed Minolta MD 28mm lens on a set of extension tubes.
34 shots stacked
Hundreds of firebugs on a tree. The German Wikipedia article describes them as "sociable".
Feuerwanzen: "Die Tiere leben gesellig" (Wikipedia-Artikel).
John J. Barton of IBM demos Firebug on stage at Velocity 2008.
Photograph from Velocity 2008 in Burlingame, California, presented by O'Reilly Media. Produced by Good Company Communications.
Photograph copyright © 2008 Peter Norby.
yashica 635 - reala
we were on some moutain and i was taking photos, but he got kinda bored so he went back to the car to read and enjoy the veiw