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Phymata noualhieriObserver
northerlyDescription
On one of the plastic jugs on my boardwalk posts; this one is frequented by jumping spiders, and I often find several on it at once.
No spiders today, but an ambush bug instead :)
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Phymata albopictaObserver
safronDescription
some of the best camouflage I've seen
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Phymata vicinaObserver
aperturesciencebydanDescription
Tiny thing, about ~2mm long, found in oak leaf litter.
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Phymata vicinaObserver
smbirdsnstuffDescription
Maritime grassland, caught in spider's web in a Muhlenbergia tuft.
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Pennsylvania Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)Observer
gray-jayDescription
Observation for the ambush bug. I'll make another for the wasp that cut the head off and stole the bee body.
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Phymata luxaObserver
entomikeDescription
Det. D.R. Swannson, 2015
coll'ed at UV lights
spmn in the TAMUIC
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Genus NeoanthyllaObserver
biofotografoPlace
Vda el Vallano Envigado - A 5 Km del, Parque Principal, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia (Google, OSM)
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Phymata pacificaObserver
andreacalaDescription
Discovered in a photo I took of Pepsis Thisbe. On Narrowleaf Milkweed.
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Phymata fasciataObserver
patsuttonwildlifegardenDescription
Fun "world" of predators on this Rattlesnake Master, including the 2 Crab Spiders too.
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insectifyDescription
I had long been on the hunt for this species. Using a reference of one sighting in the late 1990s, I was able to find a singular individual of this unique ambush bug species snacking on a honey bee just below the summit of Garnet Peak. Truly a "lifer" insect for me.
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Phymata pacificaObserver
nancyasquithDescription
There were a lot of naked buckwheat flowers with ambush bugs on top of them.
This small section of ridge trail has been a fabulous place to record a variety of species of butterflies and native bees. I really hope the ambush bugs don't change that. :-(
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Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)Observer
figaroDescription
Several Ambush Bugs stacked up on immobilized bee.
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Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)Observer
kayadanaeDescription
Mating pair
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Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)Observer
richardlbDescription
ID: The border/outline of connexival segments (flattened lateral border segments of abdomen separated by grooves/sutures) 1-3 are not smooth, but with small points on the posterior lateral edge of the segments. Reference: Daniel Swanson (2013). A review of the ambush bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) of Michigan: identification and additional considerations for two common eastern species.
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Pennsylvania Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)Observer
kcwhisperDescription
Please see original photo - 2 mantis-like insects feeding off of a bee.
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Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana)Observer
gericDescription
Ménage à trois.
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Pennsylvania Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)Observer
mamilesDescription
mating
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Pennsylvania Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)Observer
mamilesDescription
mating
