Immature bugs
Genus Phymata
These were two very small Ambush Bugs--immature, I think. This last one has no brown markings
at all and it was the smaller. I love these things! They just sit motionless like crab spiders and wait
for their prey. It seems to me they particularly like yellow flowers to hunt on. I found these next
to the river on the road to Bear River MBR, Box Elder County, Utah © Carol Davis, 7-12-2009
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