Pyrrhocoris apterus · blakė kareivėlis

• firebug, red fire bug
• Gemeine Feuerwanze
• blakė kareivėlis
• sarkanblakts
• kowal bezskrzydły, kowal dwuplamek

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhocoris_apterus
• britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Pyrrhocoridae/p_apterus.html

Firebugs generally mate in April and May. Their diet consists primarily of seeds from lime trees and mallows. They can often be found in groups near the base of lime tree trunks, on the sunny side. 2179