This firebug set the winter on fire because spring has finally arrived. Right on time for the official start of spring tomorrow.

Small Leaves part XLIV

European Firebug

(Pyrrhocoris apterus)

Hagapark,

Stockholm,

Sweden

Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM Macro-lens

Karhide at Firebug, Leicester, UK.

www.idahofirewise.org/safety-prevention/the-guberif/

a project i've been helping on for bringing about a new look to an old character, the Guberif. The guberif campaign was developed by the state of idaho to help educate individuals about carelessness that can lead to forest fires.

Knuckle On The Cash Machine

@ The Firebug, Leicester 23rd Sept 2015.

Thanks to Heather Walls & Kate Easton for the photos.

Chinche de las malvas - Pyrrhocoris apterus

This guy looks to be the last instar (5th) of this pyrrhocorid bug (Dindymus versicolor). Photographed in an urban garden, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania.

Mating pair

Colourful undersides of Harlequins

update

Order Hemiptera-

Suborder Heteroptera-

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha-

Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea-

Family Pyrrhocoridae-

Redbug, Firebug, Cotton Stainer-

Thanks Dimitri Forero for IDing this!

These little insects each have a slightly different pattern.. Individuals and yet grouped together. I discovered them on an upturned flower pot. The colours, patterns and textures caught my eye. Looked them up and apparantly they are called Pyrrhocoris apterus.

Possibly the most underrated man in music.

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Spotted Firebug

(Corizus hyoscyami)

Sierra Nevada,

Granada,

Spain

julianschrader.de/20061209-get-firebug/

A Fire Bug (Dindymus ventralis) photographed in Sale, Victoria, Australia.

Space

@ The Firebug, Leicester 23rd Sept 2015.

Thanks to Heather Walls & Kate Easton for the photos.

Kowal bezskrzydły, czyli Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)

Taken in forests of Wojnów

M42: teleconverter vivtar, extenson tubes, helios 44-M

2012 and 2013 in Joshua Tree, California.

Little firebug, a bit like a ladybird, but called a "gendarme" in France.

On an old lavender head

Update - more likely a cinnamon bug (Corizus hyoscyami)

Chinche de las malvas - Pyrrhocoris apterus

European Firebug

(Pyrrhocoris apterus)

Drottningholm Slott gardens,

Stockholm,

Sweden

Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM Macro-lens

Tired Irie @ 'The Summer Sunday Fringe Festival 2008' performing onstage downstairs at 'Firebug', Leicestershire ( August 7th 2008 ). © Ollie Millington.

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The arson fire was spreading to other parked vehicles.

(Sept.18 2011)

Percevejo-da-Tília

Firebug

Casal Sancho, Santar

2020

Two firebugs killing time

Meus amigos do Firebug em sua primeira turnê mundial, passando por países na europa como alemanha, bélgica, espanha, suíça, rep. checa, holanda e muito mais...

vejam o blog da turne com videos e fotos no www.firebug.com.br

My friends FIREBUG rocking steady hard on their first european tour.

check out some pics, videos, dates and venues on their blog at www.firebug.com.br

Firebugs in Barvaux, Belgium

Ready for The 4th of July