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"Ambush bug" living in my thistle
2024.07.23 06:13
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Been seeing these little guys hanging out on my thistle's flowers. Thought they looked like a cross between a cicada and a mantis. iNaturalist says its some species of "ambush bug". Sure enough, I finally saw it eating a bee!

"Ambush bug" living in my thistle"Ambush bug" living in my thistle"Ambush bug" living in my thistle
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  • Jessica P
    Wow this tiny creature has a unique colour. 
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    Ari
    You've got ambush bugs visiting your thistle flowers!😄 They're sneaky predators that catch and eat unsuspecting insects like bees.🐝👀
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    Jeeyeon Kang
    Never seen this bug before!
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    TreeHugger8701
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    I hadn't either! I just started noticing them on my thistle like a week ago.
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    Carmen Cheung
    28- is it harmful to the plant?
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    TreeHugger8701
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    Not really. They eat other bugs. So it doesn't harm the plant directly, but it could impede pollination by eating the pollinators. Not really a problem with this plant because I'm not letting it go to seed anyway.