Jagged Ambush Bug

[Bruce]

I found one of these the other day and thought it was pretty interesting. It's about a 1/2" long has front arms like a mantis and it takes down BEES!

I've fed it 2 medium crickets in 3 days and it loves them too.

 

[Ian]

oh wow! That is so cool!! Have you got any pix of your specimen? What exactly is it...?

Cheer,

ian

 

[yen_saw]

That's an ambush bug. they like to hide between the flower pedals and attack any insects coming close to it. Nice pics Brunce, did you take the pic? I don't know why but this insect reminds me of some deep sea creatures

 

[Samzo]

that is soo cool...

 

[PseudoDave]

There was a star trek: next generation episode where all the crew 'de-volved' into previous lifeforms, looks like the klingon...

 

[Bruce]

The one I found looks just like the first pic.

I found it crawling on a car at work.

Those pics are from BugGuide.net.

I wish I could take some pics of mine but my camera isn't good enough to take pics of something that small.