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 or squash bug).[a][1]Pyrrhocoris apterus is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the United States, Central America, and India, and is also found in Australia.[2][3] It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland United Kingdom and eastward on to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.[4] They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms, containing from tens to perhaps a hundred individuals.
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^Brickfields Country Park: Cinnamon Bug – Corizus hyoscyami
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The firebug, Pyrrhocorisapterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, it...
hardening. For example, only diapausing adults of the fire bug, Pyrrhocorisapterus, have the enzymatic complement that allows them to accumulate polyhydric...
"Reactions of passerine birds to aposematic and non-aposematic firebugs (Pyrrhocorisapterus ; Heteroptera)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 78 (4):...
Slama; Williams (1965). "Juvenile hormone activity for the bug Pyrrhocorisapterus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 54 (2): 411–414...
common species in parts of Europe is the firebug, and its genus name Pyrrhocoris and the family name are derived from the Greek roots for fire "pyrrho-"...
firebug is an arsonist or pyromaniac. Firebug may also refer to: Pyrrhocorisapterus, commonly referred as the firebug, an insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae...
the result of a study in Leipzig of the testicles of the firebug (Pyrrhocorisapterus), during which Henking noticed that one chromosome did not take part...
Southern California counties, as well as some in Central California. Pyrrhocorisapterus Corizus hyoscyami "Scantius aegyptius". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-07...
Bohemoslovaca. The insect depicted on the cover of the journal is Pyrrhocorisapterus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011...
Pyrrhocoricin is a 20-residue long antimicrobial peptide of the firebug Pyrrhocorisapterus. Pyrrhocoricin is primarily active against Gram-negative bacteria...
non-sporulating rods, which inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of firebugs (Pyrrhocorisapterus). Up to now there is only on species of this genus known (Coriobacterium...
Taborsky, Michael (2002). "Prolonged tandem formation in firebugs (Pyrrhocorisapterus) serves mate-guarding". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52 (5):...
Blastocrithidia papi (Trypanosomatidae) in the Malpighian tubules of Pyrrhocorisapterus (Hemiptera) and coordination of host-parasite life cycles". PLOS...
Coriobacterium glomerans type strain (PW2(T)) from the midgut of Pyrrhocorisapterus L. (red soldier bug)". Stand Genomic Sci. 8 (1): 15–25. doi:10.4056/sigs...
Initials there are also unusually realistic depictions of firebugs, Pyrrhocorisapterus — "certainly by someone who knew the bug in nature" — and depictions...
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