Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Ambush Bugs (Phymatinae) » Jagged Ambush Bugs (Phymata) » Phymata americana » Phymata americana americana
Photo#299175
Ambush bug - Phymata americana - male
Copyright © 2009 WonGun Kim

Ambush bug - Phymata americana - Male
Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
July 3, 2009
Size: ~ 8 mm
Please help with ID.

Images of this individual: tag all
Ambush bug - Phymata americana - male Ambush bug - Phymata americana - male Ambush bug - Phymata americana - male Ambush bug - Phymata americana - male
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by WonGun Kim on 5 July, 2009 - 6:23am
Last updated 30 October, 2011 - 5:10pm

Moved
Moved from Phymata americana.
… drswanny, 30 October, 2011 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Jagged Ambush Bugs.
… WonGun Kim, 7 December, 2009 - 5:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ambush Bugs.
… v belov, 19 November, 2009 - 5:07am login or register to post comments

Beautiful example!
This appears to be an adult male Phymata americana americana. This photo illustrates wonderfully the continuous outer margin of the abdomen. This is opposed to the distinctly dilated fourth connexivum of the male P. pennsylvanica.
… drswanny, 2 November, 2009 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
^^
… WonGun Kim, 7 December, 2009 - 5:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… WonGun Kim, 5 July, 2009 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact