Tim Carey4
Jagged Ambush Bug
Jagged Ambush Bugs are among the most effective of all insect predators. They are amazingly well camouflaged, and lie in wait on flowers for bees and other flying insects; their front feet are modified into claws for grasping their prey; their bodies seem almost armour-plated to resist counter-attacks from prey insects; and they have a long, stiff, pointed proboscis with which they penetrate their prey and inject a lethal cocktail of toxins which paralyse the victims and start digesting the internal organs. Photo was taken in Kanata, ON. (Note - best viewed enlarged)
Jagged Ambush Bug
Jagged Ambush Bugs are among the most effective of all insect predators. They are amazingly well camouflaged, and lie in wait on flowers for bees and other flying insects; their front feet are modified into claws for grasping their prey; their bodies seem almost armour-plated to resist counter-attacks from prey insects; and they have a long, stiff, pointed proboscis with which they penetrate their prey and inject a lethal cocktail of toxins which paralyse the victims and start digesting the internal organs. Photo was taken in Kanata, ON. (Note - best viewed enlarged)