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Ambush! - Phymata
Copyright © 2007 Jim Bliss

Ambush! - Phymata
Monroe, Monroe County, New York, USA
September 23, 2007
Size: 10 mm (ambush bugs)
Ambush bugs taking down prey. Anyone know what species the victim is? Looks like a fly.
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Contributed by Jim Bliss on 24 September, 2007 - 5:57pm
Last updated 27 December, 2007 - 3:34pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 December, 2007 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Victim
a wasp
… margarethe brummermann, 24 September, 2007 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
What species wasp?
What species wasp?
… Jim Bliss, 26 September, 2007 - 6:57am login or register to post comments

 
Ichneumonidae.
It is an ichneumon. Impossible to ID further than that without the specimen itself.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 December, 2007 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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