Mark McCaughrean2d ago

A timely reminder that not *every* postbox red & black insect in the garden is a firebug, even though you've been seeing those every day for months.

First & new today: a pair of the superficially similar but quite unrelated cinnamon or squash bug (Corizus hyoscyami; 🇩🇪 Zimtwanze).

Second: European firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus; 🇩🇪 Gemeine Feuerwanze).

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Show threadFrosch B2d ago
@markmccaughrean there's even another fairly similar one, Ritterwanze
Lygaeus equestris
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309954503
Show threadMark McCaughrean2d ago
@b_age Wow – thanks for the tip. Another one to keep an eye out for – the white spot near the end of the abdomen looks like a good clue. They have been seen around Heidelberg, but not very often.
Show threadFrosch B
@markmccaughrean yes, the white spot is what made me look at it closer, first assuming a so often seen fire bug
Apr 6 at 4:53pmWeb