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A Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) sitting out of focus.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will be deleted as soon as I see them.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich sobald ich sie sehe.
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Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) shedding its exuvia.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) zrzucający wylinkę.
A portrait shot at 3.7:1 magnification of a firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus).
I can't help think that the patterna and shape of the abdomen on these look distinctly African.
Red and black Lygaeus equestris insect perched on a green leaf, macro shot in a natural setting, Visegrád, Hungary.
Insecta_Hemiptera_Rhopalidae_Rhopalinae_Corizus_Corizus hyoscyami
France (Sud-Ouest)
Une autre punaise rouge et noire, commune en France et en Europe, que l’on peut observer dans les endroits secs et ensoleillés. On la reconnaît aisément à ses deux taches noires en forme de cœur sur le pronotum. Elle se distingue du gendarme (Pyrrhocoris apterus) par sa forme plus élancée et sa tache rouge sur la tête et, contrairement à ce dernier, elle peut voler. Elle se nourrit de graines et de sève de nombreuses plantes (pissenlit, pâquerette, jusquiame, etc.) et ce régime varié fait que ses dégâts au potager ou sur les fruitiers sont minimes. Contrairement à ce qui fait la mauvaise réputation des punaises, celle-ci dégage une odeur de cannelle (d’où son nom en anglais).
Another red and black bug, common in France and across Europe, which can be found in dry, sunny spots. It is easily recognised by its two heart-shaped black spots on the pronotum. It differs from the firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) in its more slender shape and the red spot on its head; unlike the firebug, it can fly. It feeds on the seeds and sap of numerous plants (dandelion, daisy, henbane, etc.) and this varied diet means that the damage it causes to vegetable gardens or fruit trees is minimal. Contrary to the bad reputation that bugs generally have, this one gives off a scent of cinnamon (hence its English name).
We have two species of red true bugs around our house and they seem to have split the land up between them.
Around the front door and on the front of the house (facing south), the black-and-red bug (Lygaeus equestris) is the only one (and abundant throughout the entire season), but to the side, underneath a couple of large thuja trees as well as inside the garden, I only see the firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus).
This one is the latter, but is much smaller than an adult firebug as it is a nymph (possibly 2nd instar) and along with a whole bunch of brothers and sisters, it was scurrying along when we were clearing some weeds in the garden.
If you want to see what the adult looks like, have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49180660231/
A not great shot of a colony of Firebugs, showing what appears to be a winged individual. I have another couple of shots of adults who appear to be winged. This is interesting because the British Bugs website says ...
"This common European bug is on the northernmost edge of its range in Britain and is the sole member of its family to occur here... Usually brachypterous in Britain, but macropterous adults have recently been recorded... The appearance of macropterous individuals capable of flight may allow the species to spread here much more effectively in the future."
www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pyrrhocoridae/p_apteru...
I will i-record this sighting!
The theme of my weekend was MOODLE and INTRO to CSS. Saturday am woke up at 4am burning with the desire to record my top ten tips for new edna Groups users. Shared it in the edna Group Owners forum and will work up a blog post soon.
Saturday night watched a great series of how to videos from the Moodleman himself Julian Ridden on how to create a Moodle template.
Tonight, I dug in and gave it a go. This is NOT the finished product, it's where I had to stop for tonight. I had a fantastic time learning and love, love, love Firebug, Dreamweaver, Filezilla and Gimp in concert. Also LOVE Colour Picker. (Yes I know Dreamweaver can FTP, no I haven't set it up yet cuz I was impatient.)
DOM = document object model (everything on a single web page *document* everything on that page is an object. Colour picker can spit back a palette of a web.
This is pretty funny in an ironic sorta way …
Name-dropping — identifying the location of a photo — is a big no-no for some urbexers, either because they want to keep the site for themselves or they want to protect it from vandals and firebugs.
Here in the abandoned school, the mantra against identifying locations has itself been vandalized!
Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) copulating on a grass blade.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) kopulujących na źdźble trawy.
A pair of mating Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) seen along the riverside path in Ipswich today! (With a grass seed for scale!)
The Firebug is a common European bug. It is on the northernmost edge of its range in the British Isles and is the only member of its family seen here. This very distinctive species is usually brachypterous in Britain, never acquiring full-sized wings (so that the final segments of the abdomen always remain visible). However, macropterous adults have recently been recorded. The appearance of macropterous individuals capable of flight may allow the species to spread in the British Isles much more effectively in the future.
The Firebug is historically very rare and known only from a single Devon population, but many other colonies have been recently reported from Surrey, Sussex, Essex, Suffolk, Kent and Bedfordshire, most of which are probably the result of accidental introductions.
The Firebug is usually associated with Tree Mallow and lime trees, and feeds on the fruits. It forms dense and conspicuous aggregations in the spring, prior to mating. Copulation can last many hours to several days. The Firebug can be seen all year round, and reaches lengths of 8.5-10 mm.
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« fire bug » Le gendarme ou cherche-midi
Pyrrhocoris = punaise couleur de feu et apterus = sans ailes
La piqure vraiment très douloureuse, peut s'infecter et nécessiter un traitement antibiotique.
The really painful sting, can infect itself and require antibiotic treatment..
Cette punaise, qui est la plus répandue en Europe, est appelée « gendarme », « suisse » ou « soldat » en référence au costume rouge et noir que portaient les gendarmes au XVIIe siècle. On l’appelle aussi « cherche-midi », car elle recherche le soleil.
Elle mesure environ 10 mm et est incapable de voler (bien qu’« apterus » signifie « sans ailes », elle en possède, mais elles sont trop peu développées pour permettre le vol).
Elle fait partie des auxiliaires au jardin, car si elle se nourrit essentiellement des fruits et des graines de plantes de la famille des Malvacées (hibiscus, mauves, guimauve...) et des Tiliacées (tilleul), qu’elle pique à l’aide de son rostre pour en sucer les sucs, elle consomme aussi des pucerons et des œufs de petits insectes.
Elle est réputée inoffensive pour les humains, mais, comme les autres punaises, elle peut piquer et la piqûre peut être très douloureuse.
This bug, which is the most common in Europe, is known as the ‘gendarme’, ‘Swiss’ or ‘soldier’ in reference to the red and black uniform worn by gendarmes in the 17th century. It is also known as the “sun-seeker”, as it seeks out the sun.
It measures around 10 mm and is unable to fly (although “apterus” means “wingless”, it does have wings, but they are too underdeveloped to allow flight).
It is considered a beneficial insect in the garden, as whilst it feeds mainly on the fruits and seeds of plants in the Malvaceae family (hibiscus, mallows, marshmallow, etc.) and the Tiliaceae family (lime), which it pierces with its rostrum to suck out the juices, it also consumes aphids and the eggs of small insects.
It is considered harmless to humans, but, like other bugs, it can bite and the bite can be very painful.