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jagged ambush bug

Phymata americana

Photo by kathleen.lyn
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Field Notes

Description:

tiny green and brown assassin bug nymph

Habitat:

spotted on a marigold in a flower border at the edge of a prairie meadow

Reference Links:

Phymatinae, Species Phymata americana - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Ambush bug

Phymata americana

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Ignacio Gamboa
3

Jagged Ambush Bug

Phymata sp.

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LivanEscudero
1

Comments (3)
LivanEscudero
Yes, americana americana, is what I was thinking also.
e.drinnon
It looks like an assassin bug nymph.
Ignacio Gamboa
I think it is P. americana americana (http://bugguide.net/node/view/618907/bgpage).
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PublishedAugust 8, 2014

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