Ambush bug bottom view - Phymata

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Copyright © 2007 John F. Carr

Ambush bug bottom view - Phymata -

Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 18, 2007
Size: 10-15mm

Another image of the mating (probably) ambush bugs eating a sweat bee. Maybe the extra view will aid identification to species.

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Ambush bug bottom view - Phymata - male - female

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 16 January, 2008 - 4:12pm
Last updated 17 January, 2008 - 4:44pm

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