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Family: Pyrrhocoridae (red bugs)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha > Hemiptera (bugs) > Heteroptera > Pentatomomorpha > Lygaeoidea

Cenaeus carnifex.

Pyrrhocorids are similar to lygaeids but do not have ocelli. They are usually a bright red colour but be warned that there are lygaeids which are also similarly coloured.

 

 

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