[TN-Butterflies] Re: Ambush Bug
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Tennessee Butterflies <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:27:09 -0700 (PDT)
When I took this shot, I had no idea why this Azure was stuck to the flower. I
looked for a spider but couldn't find one.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p193/kjchilds/IMG_8702.jpg
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
--- On Fri, 9/25/09, Michael Lee Bierly <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Michael Lee Bierly <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Ambush Bug
> To: "Tennessee Butterflies" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 12:12 PM
>
>
>
> Message
>
>
>
> I remember early
> on in the season
> on the butterfly site some discussion on predation
> of butterflies. On September
> 24, I saw a Cabbage White that was feeding on a
> rosemary bloom start fluttering,
> but could not leave. I
> thought spider web as I have removed successfully a Fiery
> Skipper earlier in the
> season from such, but when I freed it I could not find any
> webbing. Tucked so
> neatly in the rosemary bloom was the attached. I thought it was a piece of
> vegetation that had blown
> into the flower. I
> asked Julius to
> enlightening me about it as he seems to be one of the
> group's bug experts. He
> kindly replied, "Ambush Bug. See if
> this aptly named little Badass looks familiar,
> http://www.cirrusimage.com/bugs_ambush.htm;
>
> http://www.komar.org/faq/wildlife/painted-lady-butterfly_ambush-bug/. There
>
> are evidently @ 30-40 species of Phymata worldwide. I
> think I read that 17
> species occur in the Americas. The most likely
> species is Phymata erosa,
> (Jagged Ambush Bug) and the next most common is the Phymata
> americana."
> Unfortunately I didn't think to take a photo before the
> rescue, but Julius's
> links show the battle. Thought some like me hadn't
> experienced such. Anyone else
> had experience with them? Thanks
> Julius.
>
> Michael Lee Bierly,
> Nashville, Davidson County, TN
>
>
>
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