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Red BugsDo you know whats this bug?
Location: Kerman, Iran
May 27, 2011 7:27 am
I find so many of them in our garden.
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Signature: MNZ
Firebug
Dear MNZ,
This distinctive European Hemipteran is commonly called a Firebug. It is in the Red Bug family Pyrrhocoridae and its scientific name is Pyrrhocoris apterus. We learned on the British Bugs website that it feeds on mallow and limes.
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