They've finally arrived in #VC55.
Firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus: www.naturespot.org/species/fire...

#Bugs #Hemiptera #Pyrrhocoridae

🚨 Registration deadline TOMORROW! Register by 5pm BST on 16 October to secure your place at Advances in Hemipteran Research.

📅 29–30 October

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#Hemiptera #Entomology #Research

Did you know fairies are real? 🧚‍♀️ It's woolly aphid season!
#bugsky #hemiptera #insect #nature

Parked the car ready for its MOT next to a Common Lime tree and discovered a colony of Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus. Closest to home so far! 🤗
#Hemiptera #Cambridge

A wonderful surprise in my garden! The very handsome Brachycarenus tigrinus. I’m not sure if it’s new to Nottinghamshire, but suspect it’s not been here long.

#bug #Hemiptera

Registration deadline next week!

🌍 Specialists from across the hemipteran world are coming together in Brussels this October.

Advances in Hemipteran Research 2026 will explore everything from molecular biology to population ecology and agricultural applications.

📅 29–30 October 2026

#Hemiptera

#NewSpecies
New bug from #japan just snuck in:

Omoplax sandoru

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/5EF97720-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Zookeys #OmoplaxSandoru

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #heteroptera #bugs

We went to the allotment today to tidy the shed, and found at least a dozen Rhyparochromus vulgaris hanging about inside. #KentNature #bugs #Hemiptera

It's behind you! Sloe Bug, Dolycoris baccarum, on a Hazel leaf. The Blackthorn bushes where behind it on the other side of the path. #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Suffolk

Ouch! Something has taken a peck at this Firebug. One forewing seems to be missing (the red corium with its black dot and the terminal membrane) exposing the membranous hindwing. On a Lime tree in Christchurch Park Ipswich #Suffolk today.
#Hemiptera #Insect #Anatomy

Well I know Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus, have an appetite for Lime tree seeds but this is amazing! 🤯
(…or maybe a squirrel got there first!) 🌰🐿️😉
In Christchurch Park Ipswich today.
#Hemiptera #Suffolk

#NewSpecies!
New true #bug from #china just showed up:

Kuwania hiemalis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A5E68139-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez....
#DEZ #KuwaniaHiemalis

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #fauna #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera

Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus.

Lots at the base of Common Lime trees at Blo' Norton, Norfolk, yesterday.

They have benefitted from the hot dry summer.

I'm glad something has.

www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/...

#Hemiptera

Before and after the sun came out in the garden, what I think are Pea Weevil, Bruchus pisorum, & Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius. #Coleoptera & #Hemiptera
#Cambridge

Today, the first adult Southern Green Shieldbug, Nezara viridula, in the garden this year, on a Small Teasel seed head.
#Hemiptera #TrueBugs #Cambridge

Sloe Bug aka Hairy Shieldbug nymph on White Deadnettle at RSPB #LakenheathFen #Suffolk on Sunday.
#WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

Surprised to see Southern Green Shieldbugs, Nezara viridula, on Small Teasel, a change of diet from runner beans!
#WildWebsWednesday #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

Bugs in #Suffolk today:
Parent (above) and Hazel (below) happy to share a leaf but Sloe wanting at least two of my fingers for itself.
#Bugs #Hemiptera

Saldula arenicola found yesterday in a sandpit in Jersey. At least one other species of saldula seen, maybe i will get better images next time #hemiptera #bug

Lots of Lime trees in Christchurch Park Ipswich but I only found Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus, on a few between the Mansion and St Margaret's church.
#Bugs #Hemiptera #Suffolk