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European Firebug
Pyrrhocoris apterus
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Mediterranean red bugScantius aegyptius
Spotted FirebugCorizus hyoscyami
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus
Eastern Boxelder BugBoisea trivittata
Black-and-Red BugLygaeus equestris
Tropidothorax leucopterus
Indian Milkweed BugSpilostethus pandurus
Small Milkweed BugLygaeus kalmii
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 102,064 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 99,360 |
| Germany | 12,941 |
| France | 8,764 |
| Russia | 7,371 |
| Austria | 4,866 |
| Czechia | 4,466 |
| Spain | 3,495 |
| Poland | 3,388 |
| Ukraine | 3,253 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera |
| Family | Red Bugs · Pyrrhocoridae |
| Genus | Pyrrhocoris |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise European Firebug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.