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The super moon turned out to be a less than optimum event but being out there with Jocelyn and
Bob for the evening made up for it. Playing with fire also made the evening spark :D....
I haven't been on here forever, and the excuses are huge, work, garden, photoshoots, tired, and those darn angry birds. I will have to get back to it and get caught up with my contacts.
螢火蟲是一種既美麗又神秘的小昆蟲，全世界有2000多種，而台灣約有56種。牠與金龜子一樣，是屬於鞘翅目的昆蟲，一生必須經歷卵、幼蟲、蛹與成蟲四個階段，是屬於完全變態的昆蟲。牠的生長的時間相當長，大部分種類為一年一代，並以幼蟲期、蛹期或卵期越冬，幼蟲期長達10個月，而成蟲卻只有20天左右的短暫生命
Freshly moulted firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) nymph on a tree bark.
Nimfa kowala bezskrzydłęgo (Pyrrhocoris apterus) świezo po wylince na korze drzewa.
Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) during their multi-hour copulation. Another male tries to replace the first one.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) w trakcie wielogodzinnej kopulacji. Drugi samiec usiłuje zając miejsce pierwszego.
Pyrrhocoris apterus in copula
L’accouplement pouvant durer très longtemps, madame a eu une petite faim. Et monsieur, qui n’entendait pas lâcher l’affaire, s’est retrouvé dans une position pour le moins inconfortable…
As the mating session could go on for quite a long time, the female got a bit peckish. And the male, who had no intention of giving up, found himself in a rather uncomfortable position, to say the least…
Ammophila sabulosa ♀
Red-banded Sand Wasp
Gemeine Sandwespe
Almindelig Sandhveps
A Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) sitting out of focus.
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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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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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!
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.
Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) shedding its exuvia.
Kowal bezskrzydły (Pyrrhocoris apterus) zrzucający wylinkę.
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).
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!
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/
Pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) copulating on a grass blade.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) kopulujących na źdźble trawy.
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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..
Another (better) shot of the Firebug nymphs! This is just a small part of the Firebug colony currently active just along the road form us un Ipswich!
The firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) belongs to the family, Pyrrhocoridae. Alhtough it is easily recognisable due to its striking red and black coloration, it can be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated Corizus hyoscyami (cinnamon bug or squash bug). Firebugs are associated with lime trees and mallows, with the nymphs feeding on the seeds. Firebugs congregate in large numbers in spring prior to mating, and copulation can last several days. Firebugs are also frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, containing from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.
Pyrrhocoris apterus has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland United Kingdom and eastward on to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Otherwise it is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. Beyond its native Palaearctic range, it has been recorded in the United States, Central America, India, and Australia.