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Black Eyed Susan With a Camouflaged Predator on it · **1 Like**

At 230mm, KP, PP and heavily cropped in DxO.
Anyone know what type of bug is in there? I did not get a good look until I was doing the PP on the image. Wish I had stayed at F 8 or 9.

**eaglem** · 08-03-2018, 06:52 PM

No idea but a good shot anyway

**reh321** · 08-03-2018, 07:31 PM

If you don't know what it is, how do you know that it is a "predator"? What do you mean by the word?

**SSGGeezer** · 08-03-2018, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by reh321

If you don't know what it is, how do you know that it is a "predator"? What do you mean by the word?

It looks a little like a cross between an assassin bug and a mantis so I suspect it was waiting for a fly or bee to land so it could eat them. Here is zoomed in and cropped to about 250%

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Photogoof · 08-04-2018, 03:25 AM

What a weird-looking bug!

**Janse** · 08-04-2018, 06:30 AM

Good capture, very nice DOF!

Name · 08-11-2020, 06:35 PM

Thanks for posting this photo, found one of these today and tracked it down with help from your pic. Apparently it’s called an ambush bug

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eaglem Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Perth Western Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 35,464	No idea but a good shot anyway

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reh321 retired sw engineer Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,997	If you don't know what it is, how do you know that it is a "predator"? What do you mean by the word?

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Janse Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 4,384	Good capture, very nice DOF!

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Name New Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 1	Thanks for posting this photo, found one of these today and tracked it down with help from your pic. Apparently it’s called an ambush bug

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