The French Bug

The common german name of this fire bug is "Franzosenkäfer" ("french bug") because of its red uniform. The scientific name is pyrrhocoris apterus.

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Ludo Sak

Lion

Gernot, very good shot, nice DOF and great pick of colours and contrast. Seeing the exif tags (or lack of;) ) this is shot using your reversed lens? I like I like! Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
1. gglaeser
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thanks, Ludo! Yes, it's done with the reversed lens. The exif data that is contained is false, but okay - I can live with that... Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ludo Sak
    
    Lion
    
    So can I, man, good macro! And a sharp focus, tricky but well excecuted! Posted 8 years ago
  2. 1. gglaeser
      
      Eagle Owl
      
      Thanks again, mate! Posted 8 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Very cool!

1) a specie introduction
2 I did not know Firebugs were real, I only know it as a web development debugger :)

Let's take this to the homepage. Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
1. gglaeser
  
  Eagle Owl
  
  Thanks for homepage-promotion, Ferdy! I feel pretty flattered! Posted 8 years ago

The Firebug

The firebug, ''Pyrrhocoris apterus'', is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black colouration, it is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the USA, Central America and India. It has been reported as recently expanding its distribution northwards into mainland UK.

They are frequently observed to form aggregations, especially as immature forms,.. more

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by gglaeser