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The following information is from www.knowyourinsects.org via email: Here's a report on their arrival in the city of San Bruno, San Mateo County, California: blogs.cdfa.ca.gov/Section3162/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/...
The following information is from www.knowyourinsects.org at www.knowyourinsects.org/Hemiptera1.html#Pyrrochoris%20apt... .
Firebugs, adults and nymph, Pyrrhocoris apterus, subfamily Pyrrhocorinae, family Pyrrhocoridae.
□ Firebugs have been introduced to the United States, where they are called European firebugs. They were first reported in California in 2024, and these photos of a pair of adults and a nymph were taken in 2025. For more about the presence of this species in California, click blogs.cdfa.ca.gov/Section3162/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/... (California Department of Food and Agriculture).
Taken in France a few years back, these bugs were everywhere feeding on Hollyhocks that had gone over.
Tired Irie @ 'The Summer Sunday Fringe Festival 2008' performing onstage downstairs at 'Firebug', Leicestershire ( August 7th 2008 ). © Ollie Millington.
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Pyrrhocoris Apterus
There is plenty of them in my garden. They mate in a very funny way! (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug)
Tired Irie @ 'The Summer Sunday Fringe Festival 2008' performing onstage downstairs at 'Firebug', Leicestershire ( August 7th 2008 ). © Ollie Millington.
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