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Ambush Bug (Phymatinae, Phymata?) feeding on a bee or wasp - Phymata fasciata
Copyright © 2011 Bob Webster

Ambush Bug (Phymatinae, Phymata?) feeding on a bee or wasp - Phymata fasciata
Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
June 29, 2011
Not sure about the identification. For scale, that is a catnip bloom.

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Ambush Bug (Phymatinae, Phymata?) feeding on a bee or wasp - Phymata fasciata Ambush Bug (Phymatinae, Phymata?) feeding on a bee or wasp - Phymata fasciata
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 3 July, 2011 - 10:12pm
Last updated 10 May, 2021 - 10:39pm

Moved very tentatively... hope experts agree
Moved from Jagged Ambush Bugs.
… v belov, 10 May, 2021 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 July, 2011 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

nothing resembling Ammophila here; the prey is a bee
images without reliable determination should not be posted in the guide; leave them in ID Request.

Moved from Ammophila.
… v belov, 3 July, 2011 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, I'll get it in the rig
Sorry, I'll get it in the right place next time. The web site put in Ammophila for me, apparently keying on the word Wasp.
… Bob Webster, 3 July, 2011 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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