This is a species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, also known as the red cotton stainer. It is a serious pest of cotton crops, which is not much of an issue here in Hong Kong.
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You can see them in summer, often in mating pairs, as below, and later as numerous hatchling nymphs.
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