When I first saw my letterbox covered with these beasties I thought they were ladybirds but of course they’re not. In French they’re called gendarmes. My dictionary gives firebug as an equivalent. Its Latin name is Pyrrhocoris apterus. Lorsque j’ai vu ces petites bestioles sur ma boîte aux lettres je pensais que c’étaient des coccinelles mais …
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