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Look Closely at Flowers for a Tiny Threat to Pollinators

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Look Closely at Flowers for a Tiny Threat to Pollinators

Sep 21, 2023
Ambush Bug (Phymata spp., family Reduviidae)

Thomas Becker (OSU Extension, Lorain County) showed participants in this week’s weekly BYGL Zoom Inservice a nice shot of a Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata spp., family Reduviidae) lurking among flowers in search of prey. Meat items for these tiny predators are most often pollinators.

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