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Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus sp. - Macrocephalus cimicoides
Copyright © 2006 Valerie G. Bugh

Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus sp. - Macrocephalus cimicoides
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
April 5, 2005
Size: about 6 mm
Not as common as Phymata species, I found 2 of these at different times in our backyard gardens. ID based on Henry & Froeschner and Slater & Baranowski.

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Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus sp. - Macrocephalus cimicoides Ambush Bug - Macrocephalus sp. - Macrocephalus cimicoides
Contributed by Valerie G. Bugh on 23 May, 2006 - 10:12pm
Last updated 17 January, 2020 - 5:39pm

Moved
Moved from Macrocephalus.
… v belov, 17 January, 2020 - 5:39pm

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