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) » nymphs and eggs (Phymata nymphs and eggs)
Photo#558356
Jagged Ambush Bug nymph - Phymata
Copyright © 2011 Ken

Jagged Ambush Bug nymph - Phymata
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: approx 3-5mm
Originally submitted as: Yellow nymph ?
Thank you, John, JC, and drswanny
Found in the underbrush along a grassy trail in southeastern PA. What might be the black object below it's head?

Images of this individual: tag all
Jagged Ambush Bug nymph - Phymata Jagged Ambush Bug nymph - Phymata Jagged Ambush Bug nymph - Phymata
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Ken on 6 August, 2011 - 8:01am
Last updated 30 October, 2011 - 4:38pm

Moved
Moved from Jagged Ambush Bugs.
… drswanny, 30 October, 2011 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 6 August, 2011 - 8:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks ...
Do you know what the black object below it's head might be?
… Ken, 6 August, 2011 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
Ah ha!
I now see that. Thanks.
… Ken, 6 August, 2011 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

 
Its front leg..just oddly co
Its front leg..just oddly colored. It has the same "spikes" as the other front leg visible in your image of its other side.
… JC Jones, 6 August, 2011 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe
prey, but I can't make it out.
… John R. Maxwell, 6 August, 2011 - 8:23am 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