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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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Assassin bug? - Phymata americana
Copyright © 2012 Talinum

Assassin bug? - Phymata americana
McHenry County, Illinois, USA
August 11, 2011
This little guy bit me hard; it hurt for a good 10 minutes, but not much else. No grudge, just curious what it is....?
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Contributed by Talinum on 8 March, 2012 - 9:06am
Last updated 24 April, 2012 - 9:33am

Connexiva more resemble...
that of P. americana.

Moved from Jagged Ambush Bugs.
… drswanny, 24 April, 2012 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 23 March, 2012 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

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You were ambushed! :o)

(glad you're better)
… Matt Edmonds, 8 March, 2012 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Check
the Subfamily Phymatinae, the ambush bugs.

Same family as the assassin bugs.
… okeller, 8 March, 2012 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

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