Indian red bug
Probergrothius sanguinolens
The Indian red bug is a bright red bug with black wing tips. Its feelers are black with a creamy white tip, like a tiny matchstick. It is often found on trees, sucking juice from their seeds.
Lives in
India, on trees and plants with seeds
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people.
What does it eat?
It mostly eats seeds, especially seeds of Sterculia trees. It also feeds on freshly dead animals, and the youngest babies like that best.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Indian red bug about 0.2 km/h (0.12 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Very young babies would rather eat dead animal bits than seeds.
2
Mother bugs pass helpful tiny germs to their babies, and these germs live in the babies' tummies.
3
Its bright red colour is a common look among its relatives, the red bugs and cotton stainers.
you asked
Most asked questions about Indian red bug
?What does the Indian red bug eat?
Mostly seeds, especially from Sterculia trees, and sometimes freshly dead animals.
?Is the Indian red bug dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Probergrothius sanguinolens
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Pyrrhocoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Pyrrhocoridae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Probergrothius sanguinolens (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by L. Shyamal. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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