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Ambush Bug pair - Phymata pennsylvanica - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Bill Claff

Ambush Bug pair - Phymata pennsylvanica - Male Female
Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2007
Contributed by Bill Claff on 6 August, 2007 - 7:14pm

Ambush bugs
These are ambush bugs, probably genus Phymata.
… Jim Bliss, 6 August, 2007 - 7:28pm

 
Jim
Ah, that explains the "muscular" forearms.
Looks like
… Bill Claff, 6 August, 2007 - 7:46pm

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