Pyrrhocoris Apterus

(known in some regions as the linden bug or fire bug), an insect of the order Hemiptera. The insect is bright-red with black spots on top; underneath it is black. The elytra are usually shortened, inferior wings are absent. The body length is 7–12 mm. It is found in central and southern Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia. It inhabits principally light forests and parks; the insects usually cluster on tree stumps or in the lower parts of tree trunks. It ingests fallen seeds and dead insects.

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Termination of adult diapause in Pyrrhocoris apterus in the field Entomol.

Development of diapause in Pyrrhocoris apterus females in the middle period of winter dormancy.

The effects of winter length on the genetics of apple and hawthorne races of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: tephritidae)

Low molecular weight sugars and polyols of Pyrrhocoris apterus L.

Cold tolerance characteristics and overwintering strategy of Sesamia inferens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

case of a bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. In the present investigations, the LC10 and LC20 doses of abamectin affected the activities of AcP in adult beetles of the two strains of T.

Effect of Abamectin on Body Protein Content and Activity of Selected Enzymes in Adults of Insecticide-Resistant and -Susceptible Strains of Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Regulation of body size in a heteropteran bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 44: 257-262.

Parental size influence on offspring phenotype in Schistocerca americana (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Photoperiodic responses of the linden bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, under conditions of constant temperature and under thermoperiodic conditions.

Phenological and physiological changes in adult Piezodorus guildinii (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) due to variation in photoperiod and temperature

On the nature of pre-freeze mortality in insects: water balance, ion homeostasis and energy charge in the adults of Pyrrhocoris apterus. J.

Effects of duration of cold storage of host eggs on percent parasitism and adult emergence of each of ten Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) species

Control of diapause and supercooling by the retrocerebral complex in Pyrrhocoris apterus. Entomol.