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Pyrrhocoris apterus

Photo by staccyh
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Field Notes

Habitat:

There were hundreds of these guys on this poor tree. Unfortunately I'm not sure what kind of tree it was.

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Species ID Suggestions

Fire Bug

Pyrrhocoris apterus
tmvdh
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Comments (3)
dane.a.hep
They look as though they are related to the Box Elder Bug of the U.S.
staccyh
Thanks tmvdh, I read that they like to aggregate on lime trees. I did take some photos of the leaves, I'll upload them as well.
tmvdh
Hi Stacey, most probably the tree is a Lime Tree (Tilia sp.).

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PublishedAugust 26, 2014

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