Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus) from above, Tangjiahe National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China

Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia bugs (Probergrothius angolensis) feeding on the plant's sap, Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namibia

Lorraine Bennery / Pair of Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) mating, Isere, France, April.

Alex Hyde / Fire Bugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus), Normandy, France. July.

Alex Hyde / Fire Bugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) photographed on a white background in mobile field studio, Normandy, France. July.

Claudio Contreras / Cotton stainer bug (Dysdercus obscuratus) on Heliconia (Heliconia) flower. Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) feeding on flowering thistle, Umbria, Italy. July.