Ambush Bug Nymph

Description:

Order: Hempitera (true bugs, hoppers, etc.) Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs), Family: Reduviidae (assassin bugs), Subfamily: Phymatinae (ambush bugs). Size: 3-5 mm . Predatory bugs with dilated raptorial forelegs, clubbed antenna, near white, large rear wings. Waits for other insects mostly hidden in flowers (goldenrod pictured here).

Habitat:

Meadow with abundant weeds and flowers.

Notes:

I always wanted to find a nymph. So tiny and difficult to spot and photograph. Good enough! There seems to a lack of information on these amazing, but small insects.