Species Account for Pyrrhocoris apterus
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Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fire Bug
Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae
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Taxonomic group: true bugs (Heteroptera) - Available county data
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Status: NR
Records: 119
First Record: 2019
Latest Record: 2025
1992-on hectads: 14
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 14
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Habitats
Broad Habitat Data (based on 1 records with habitat information)
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Structural Habitat Data (based on 10 records with structural habitat information)
Habitat Detail and Method (based on 119 records with habitat detail and method information)
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