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subfamily Phymatidae
A few hours and a few miles from all the yellow ambush bugs (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/735...), I found this white ambush bug eating a large bee (Apis mellifera) in a cluster of rabbitbrush flowers. Thanks to KristalWatrous for the bee ID!
Spotted on Sep 18, 2011
Submitted on Oct 1, 2011
4 Comments
Thanks for the comments! Ambush bugs do hunt bees, and they can capture prey much larger than they are. It's pretty amazing to watch.
Wow--did it kill the bee? I am not familiar with ambush bugs.
Very nice, I like the flowers too!
The bee is a honey bee (Apis mellifera). Nice shots!