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Found last week by pure chance. Found a few on a plant resembling the wood-crane. Located in a park just by worthing beach. I was there the previous day, to my believe they had flown in some point between my 2 visits. Slight difference in markings to the short winged
Here's a detailed, if a bit overexposed, shot of a Pyrrhocoris Apterus (Firebug), taken on a stone bridge (I think) in Milichovsky Les in Haje, Prague. If I had had a proper Macro lens, as opposed to a macro zoom, I probably could have got a better shot, but I'm not going to worry about it.
Pyrrhocoris apterus working for their future.
Location: Europe > Portugal > Leiria > Ansião
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Species: P. apterus
De vuurwants leeft hoofdzakelijk van planten, en is gek op lindezaden, maar als hij een dood insect - of, zoals hier, een dode spin - tegen het lijf loopt, zal hij dat ook niet versmaden.
Although the Fire bug is merely vegetarian, he won't resist a juicy piece of spidermeat...
My oldest daughter (practically a genius)...with her own set of challenges, You see, she's a teenager and this has made her a handful. She's been coming 'round though...glad she's back on the Hamilton team.