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Ambush Bug

Posted by July 27th, 2005 at 12:00 am

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I found this small bug on my eunonymous bush in the hudson valley, NY. It’s about 1/4" long.
Bennett Gray

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Hi Bennett,
Yes this is a True Bug, but more specifically, it is an Ambush Bug, Family Phymatidae. These small greenish-yellow or brown and yellow insects are usually found on flowers where they wait to ambush insects, often bees or wasps many times their own size.

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