A red bug to be identified please

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Oct 17, 2015

This was in my garden recently. Found it among the dry leaves I was sweeping up. The redness caught my eye and picked it up.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Oct 17, 2015

It's a nymph of a fire bug (family Pyrrhocoridae) in the genus Dysdercus - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16994201

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Nov 14, 2021

Not of this which Flap identified as Seed bug in another post?

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Nov 14, 2021

Sorry, so many got selected by accidental touch!
The last one.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 15, 2021

The last insect is a milkweed bug, Spilostethus hospes, in the family Lygaeidae - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ansk/26012986923

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Nov 30, 2021

Interesting info on the Milkweed bug! Thanks Flap.

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