Oooh! Found a Pyrrhocoris apterus (Firebug) in our garden 😃
Apparently not usually found in the UK. Cute little bug.
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@Edent It used to be very rare but range now extends over most of SE England. Associated with Mallows & Limes.
@Edent Oh interesting! We have tons of them in Hamburg, they seem to favour a specific plant this time of year:
@Edent they are cute as long as they don’t pile up in thousands on the bottom of your house’s walls. But I decided to leave them alone. I got used to them and usually they avoid coming into the house.
@Edent sign of the 🔥 times?
@Edent thousands of these in my village, and somehow I usually trip over them mid-coitus.
@robinwhittleton I don't think you should be performing coitus in public like that…
@Edent this is Sweden after all!
@Edent If you are in Berlin, have a walk around, there are hundreds at some trees 😄 First bug my kids knew the name of...
