Ambush Bug (Phymata) with bluebottle fly ( Lucilia</em) on common milkweed by Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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30-JUL-2011	Barry Cottam

Ambush Bug (Phymata) with bluebottle fly (Lucilia

Barry watched the ambush bug ignore the ant in the other photo and wait for the fly to come close, at which point he attacked. Ambush bugs are very well named. They sit and wait, knowing patience to be a virtue!

Canon PowerShot SX220 HS
1/2000s f/4.0 at 5.0mm iso160 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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