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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
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Jagged Ambush Bug - Phymata americana
Copyright © 2010 Karl Hillig

Jagged Ambush Bug - Phymata americana
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 22, 2009
In open field. Phymata americana perhaps? ID help appreciated.

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Jagged Ambush Bug - Phymata americana Jagged Ambush Bug - Phymata americana
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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 12 January, 2010 - 7:00pm
Last updated 24 April, 2012 - 3:50pm

Can't be 100% sure...
but this adult female does look more like P. americana.

Moved from Jagged Ambush Bugs.
… drswanny, 24 April, 2012 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… John F. Carr, 12 January, 2010 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Genus certainly looks right,
and I agree that it resembles P. americana. Best to wait for expert confirmation, however.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 January, 2010 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

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