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Pyrrhocoris apterus
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European Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Only recently first sighted in Australia (in the Brimbank area, which is a local council area not very far from us here in Wyndham) in December 2018.
I spotted this one on our Hibiscus Tree over the weekend
A lifer for me.
Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday!
Soon after those counts 'Egmont en Hoorne' - see my previous photo - had been decapitated at Brussels in 1568 on charges of treason, Prince William of Orange, the leader of the Dutch forces against Philip II of Spain, marched his army from Germany in an unsuccessful attempt to gain control of Limburg. His soldiers were hard to keep in line, and in that realisation William gave protection - by way of a so-called Sauvegarde letter - to towns with which he had ties. The Abbess of the tiny Sovereign Principality of Thorn was allowed (1570) to post the prince's coat of arms on her property in the hope the soldiers would be wise enough to leave the convent sisters and their property alone. Heavy penalties including death would otherwise be their fate. That ploy seems to have worked... Two and a quarter centuries later, the ladies weren't as lucky at the hands of Napoleon's troops.
These are very Orange Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus spilling forth out of the bark of the Common Lime Tree, one of an alley leading to the Abbey Church. Most are adults, but if you look carefully you'll see six or seven nymphs or instars - so-called fifth stage instars - as well.
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) perched on a tree bark.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) siedzący na korze drzewa.
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) nymphs on tree trunk.
Nimfy kowala bezskrzydłęgo (Pyrrhocoris apterus) na pniu drzewa.
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) hiding in a bark crevice.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) chowający się w szczelinie kory.
Not wanting to go out to mingle in the massive weekend crowds endangering each other in this Covid-19 pandemic - it's called an 'intelligent lockdown'! -, I again pottered about in Our Garden (see yesterday's photo).
Late yesterday I'd noticed a lone Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, straggling about on our garden path, and this morning again. But in the afternoon, death had apparently come. I watched Garden Ants, Lasius niger, chewing Firebug apart and industriously taking its various parts to their underground nest. What, I thought, would happen to the chitin exoskeleton?
Soon I saw that that, too, was chewed into transportable sections (see inset) and shlepped home.
My question: chitin is virtually indigestible to insects and I suppose also to ants. In fact, you need the enzyme chitinase to dissolve that exoskeleton. But that chitinase is a very dangerous thing because it can also dissolve Ants' own exoskelton. So what goes on? how is that exoskeleton used in the bowels of the ants' nest? do perhaps digestible molds grow on it? Anyone out there in Flickrland with an answer? Thanks!
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) perched on a leaf.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) siedzący na liściu.
Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) on a tree bark. The one on the left just moulted out of its larval shell. The one on the right is still in larval stage.
Kowale bezskrzydłe (Pyrrhocoris apterus) na korze drzewa. Osobnik po lewej właśnie zrzucił swoją larwalną wylinkę, osobnik po prawej ciągle jest w postaci larwy.
Questo curioso insetto porta il nome scientifico Pyrrhocoris apterus e si chiama in italiano “cimice rossonera” (immagino che i motivi siano ovvi) e in inglese “firebug”. Si nutre della linfa delle piante, facendo anche danni seri, ma è innocua per l’uomo. Come dice il suo nome latino, è priva di ali.
Firebug - Vuurwants - Gendarme - Gemeine Feuerwanze - Pyrrhocoris apterus, fam. Pyrrhocoridae
Erembodegem-Aalst (Oost-Vlaanderen, BE) 1804d24 117.409
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Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) during their multi--hour copulation. Female on top, male below.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) w trakcie wielogodzinnej kopulacji. Samica u góry, samiec poniżej.
and above the firebug you can see something that is everywhere in our house and garden: Bernese Mountaindog hairs.
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) on an ivy leaf. They are the first insects to wake up at the beginning of spring – as a matter of fact they will already show up on some warmer winter days.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) na liściu bluszczu. Kowale są pierwszymi owadami wybudzającymi się u zarania wiosny – co więcej pokazują się już w co cieplejszych dniach zimy.
Wrong universe.
Left to right
Ultra Humanite
Dr. No face🙅♂️
The Monk✝️
Firebug🔥
Javelin
Rainbow Raider🌈
Count Vertigo
Clayface
Colonel Sunders🍗
Trickster
Sports master⚾️
Red Panzer🚩
I’m gonna start doing more of the emojis
A Cinnamon bug (Corizus hyoscyami; Hemiptera, Rhopalidae) on Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus). Found in a field near Valmiera (Latvia, 7.VIII.2022).
Fieldstack of a live specimen, based on 74 exposures (fast method); images assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap). Sony A6500 + Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x ultra macro apo; ISO-400, f/4, 1/800s, -0.7 step, natural diffused light.
Gear & method used: www.flickr.com/photos/andredekesel/8086137225/in/dateposted/
Sony A7 iii / Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/4 (silver with preset aperture) on a M42 - E focusing helicoid adapter.
Freshly moulted firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) with is exuvia.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) świeżo po linieniu i jego zrzucona wylinka.
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) on a lichen-covered tree trunk.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) na pokrytym porostami pniu drzewa.
I think this is the European Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) - seen in a limestone wall in a Saaremaa, Estonia, churchyard
Spanish Name: Chinche de la malva arbórea, Zapatero
English Name: Firebug
Scientific Name: Pyrrhocoris apterus
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Age: Adult
Location: Benicássim
Province: Castellón de La Plana
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Date: May 2019
"AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105 mm f/2.8G IF-ED" Macro
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) perched on a tree trunk. These are the first insects to wake up after winter – actually they can often be seen basking on warmer winter days.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) siedzący na pniu drzewa. Kowale są pierwszymi owadami budzącymi się po zimie – a nawet często można spotkać je wygrzewające się na słońcu w cieplejszych zimowych dniach.