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Ambush bug

Phymatinae

Photo by lindistar
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Field Notes

Description:

About 1 and a half cm long , flew onto the balcony this morning and landed on a wooden chair. Good camoflage, black tipped antenne. crawled around very slowly!

Species ID Suggestions

Ambush bug

Phymatinae

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Latimeria
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Comments (2)
lindistar
Thanks, never heard of them before. Found another one inside yesterday(could have been the same one..!)
Latimeria
Could be a type of ambush bug, in the assassin bug family.

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Portugal's Biodiversity

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PublishedMarch 30, 2011

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