Jagged Ambush Bug with Prey

Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata fasciata) has captured and envenomated a bee. The bee has not yet fully succumbed to the lethal effect of the venom. Its legs are still twitching. But the ambush bug is already inserting its proboscis (or beak) to begin feeeding on its victim. Found on sunflowers lining my driveway. Arvada, Jefferson Co., Colo.

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