They are known as Gendarmes in French and like gendarmes if you're looking for one you won't find it!!
I've looked up pyrrhocoris apterus and found they are also called firebugs http://www.cwgsy.net/private/gsybiorec/entomology/files/pyrrhocoris_files/pyrrhocoris.html
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Those bugs are strange , any idea what they are ?
No it's just one of those things we keep meaning to look up
They are known as Gendarmes in French and like gendarmes if you're looking for one you won't find it!!
I've looked up pyrrhocoris apterus and found they are also called firebugs
http://www.cwgsy.net/private/gsybiorec/entomology/files/pyrrhocoris_files/pyrrhocoris.html
Thanks Anji handy link. I wonder why gendarmes they remind me of african masks
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