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ambush bug

American

noun

any of several carnivorous bugs of the family Phymatidae, inhabiting tropical areas in the Americas and Asia, that lie concealed in flowers to prey on insects.

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ambush bug

Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

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