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- Pyrrhocorids are medium to large insects. They are usually colourful, with striking patterns of yellow, red, black and white.
The head is triangular. Bugs in this family resemble Lygaeidae
but can be distinguished by Pyrrhocorids do not have the ocelli. The antennae and labium are 4-segmented, with the labium often extending well beyond the base of the abdomen.
The hemelytral membrane has numerous reticulating veins. Bugs in this family mainly feed on Malvaceae, including cotton.
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- Pale Cotton Stainer Bug
  - Dysdercus sidae, body length 15mm
- We find quite a number of this bugs on a Malvaceae Abutilon plant in
early summer. We saw only the adults but no nymph around. They have the red and
black head, red eyes and pink to orange body, with a small black dot on each
forewing. The bugs are known will attack cotton, staining the lint and damage the
seed. More information can be found here.
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- Black Fire Bug
 - Dindymus sp., body length 10mm
- Found on Nov 2008 in Karawatha forest, the bug was hiding under loose bark,
jump onto the ground when disturbed. Please check this page
for more infromation.
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- Orange Fire Bug
 - Dindymus sp., body length 10mm
- We found this Orange Fire Bug in Karawatha Forest on Dec 2010. Please check
this page for more information.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 429.
- 2. Plant Bugs - Dr Murray Fletcher, PRIMEFACT 508, NSW DPI, May 2007.
- 3. Family PYRRHOCORIDAE
- Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
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