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Pennsylvania Ambush Bug

Phymata pennsylvanica

About

A small chunky yellow and brown bug with thickened raptorial forelegs that hides in flower heads to ambush pollinators. It can capture prey many times its own size.

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Did You Know?

It can capture and kill bumble bees and butterflies that are more than ten times its own weight.