Pyrrhocoridae

Pyrrhocoridae

walwyn Sat, 09/05/2009 - 14:53

A family of Hemiptera bugs commonly known as firebugs. Some species of which are crop pests. They are called cotton stainers because their red bodies get crushed along with the cotton they eat when it is harvested, and these stains are difficult to remove.

 

Pyrrhocoris

walwyn Sat, 09/05/2009 - 14:54

 

A genus of firebugs.

 

 

 

Pyrrhocoris apterus

walwyn Sat, 09/05/2009 - 15:02

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pyrrhocoridae
Genus: Pyrrhocoris
Species: P. apterus