firebugs

Mating firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) [eldlus in Swedish], originally uploaded by Vilseskogen.

I forgot to add these firered stinkbug-relatives into the red memory post from Sweden. These were part of a large colony mating and crawling around at the base of a tree along a sidewalk. They didn't care it had snowed the day before, they were very busy and ready for spring.

When they are mating they are attached and the stronger one walks forward and the other just has to follow, backwards...