There seem to be a lot of these firebugs around Skopje, giving the initial appearance (to me at least) of ladybirds but they’re not closely related although these firebugs have apparently started to make their way into the UK (when I say these firebugs, I mean the general species, not these actual ones which seemed quite happy on their Skopje pavement). The Latin name is Pyrrhocoris apterus, I hadn’t realised that pyrrhos meant flame, so the English translation is the ‘flame coloured bug which is wingless’. I’ve also discovered that ladybirds are beetles and firebugs are bugs although I’m not sure how I’m going to translate that new knowledge into the wider world but I’ll try and find the appropriate social occasion.