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The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Species: P. apteru
Mating pair with a difference. The larger (possibly female) seemed more concerned not to loose the seed.
2006......all those years ago, the first party, the second ticket..... we worried about selling 350 tickets. this year, we've just done 1623.......i think the phrase is `november spawned a monster`??? : www.summersundaefringe.com