# Another ancient thread resolved - my 'identify this bug' thread from 2007
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ancient-thread-resolved-my-identify-this-bug-thread-from-2007/455759
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ancient-thread-resolved-my-identify-this-bug-thread-from-2007/455759 "2008-07-08T21:28:35Z")
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ancient-thread-resolved-my-identify-this-bug-thread-from-2007/455759/1 "2008-07-08T21:28:35Z")
> **[Identify this insect seen in mediterranean regions](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=418842)**
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> When I was a small boy, I lived in Cyprus - there was a type of insect we used to call ‘ladybird ants’ (‘ladybird’ is a British synonym for ‘ladybug’, BTW). They were about the size of a largish ant, but had flattish red-brown wings (or wing cases)...
I stumbled across the identity of the bug in discussion today:
Firebugs:
> **[Pyrrhocoris apterus - Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhocoris_apterus)**
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### Author:  [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ancient-thread-resolved-my-identify-this-bug-thread-from-2007/455759/2 "2008-07-08T23:26:31Z")
Well, I was going to say “bless your heart I can finally sleep at night” and then I looked at the pictures of the bugs.
:eek:
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### Author:  [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ancient-thread-resolved-my-identify-this-bug-thread-from-2007/455759/3 "2008-07-09T00:20:27Z")
So were these ladybug ants on their way to a Tiki Bar by chance?
Cool looking bugs.