Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs) / Subfamily Phymatinae (Ambush Bugs)

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Cimicomorpha

Family Reduviidae (Assassin Bugs)

Subfamily Phymatinae (Ambush Bugs)

TENTATIVE

Genus Phymata (Jagged Ambush Bugs)

 

These critters remind me of Godzilla movie monsters! Ambush Bugs are my second favorite insect predator after Robber Flies.

 

September 3, 2020; Leon County; Lutterloh, Florida

 

Canon M6 MII; Raynox DCR-250 as tube lens; LOMO 3.7/0.11 finite lens; TV 1/200s; ISO 100. 150 image stack at 20um increments; LR, Zerene Stacker (PMax, PMap, slabbing method with 15 images per slab and 5 image overlap), and PS. Ping-pong ball diffusor; speedlites.

 

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