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True Bugs1 cm bug in Swiss mountains
The ground was swarming with these at ~6000 feet in a meadow. The pattern looks like an African mask! Any ideas?
Al Padilla
Hi Al,
This colorful Hemipteran is a Fire Bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. In France it is called a Gendarme.
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