Macrophotography | Pyrrhocoris apterus

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If you visit bushes or forests, maybe you can look for chromolaena odorata plants. Why do I suggest you look for these plants, this is because if you want to get pyrrhocoris apterus.

I don't know exactly why Pyrrhocoris apterus likes the old flowers of the chromolaena odorata plant. To be sure I often find them there.

And below I have uploaded photo along with a little about it from my search results.

The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it may be confused with the similarly coloured though unrelated Corizus hyoscyami (cinnamon bug, squash bug) (see comparison). Pyrrhocoris apterus is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the US, Central America, and India, and is also found in Australia. It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland UK and eastward on to the coast of the Mediterranean sea. They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, containing from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.

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CameraRealme 3 Pro + Macro Lens
CategoryPyrrhocoris Apterus
LocationAceh, Indonesia
Macrophotography | Pyrrhocoris apterus | Ecency