I'm not alone in seeing a mask on this fellows back.

Joshua was cooking mushrooms - hope they're not poisonous

The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae.

Gemeine Feuerwanze (Pyrrhocoris apterus)

FIREBUG @ Molly Malone's, Los Angeles, CA 08/08/2007

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Netherhall playing Metal 2 The Masses @ The Firebug in Leicester

My simply wonderful wife. Down the Firebug.

Firebug Bar, Leicester. December 2013.

vuurwants - firebug

Vienne; Moulismes 10/3/14

Trenta, Slovenia.

Taken in France a few years back, these bugs were everywhere feeding on Hollyhocks that had gone over.

Resin

Firebug

Leicester

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Tired Irie @ 'The Summer Sunday Fringe Festival 2008' performing onstage downstairs at 'Firebug', Leicestershire ( August 7th 2008 ). © Ollie Millington.

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Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) nymph in the grounds of the Village Museum in Bucharest.

Ramage Inc

Firebug

Leicester

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It cleaned up well.

I just love these colourful little fellows.

Kamenice

Any help with I.D. would be appreciated.

Kefalonia, Greece.

outside looking in

Pyrrhocoris Apterus

There is plenty of them in my garden. They mate in a very funny way! (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebug)

www.firebugbar.co.uk/

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First experiments with a flash, what a difference that makes...

Corriedale

Pyrrhocoris apterus

The firebug/ Feuerwanze