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title: "Punaise embusquée"
description: "Phymata americana — Insectes et araignées. Phymata americana, known as the ambush bug, is a Phymatinae, or ambush bug in the family Reduviidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/jagged-ambush-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Punaise embusquée

> Phymata americana — Insectes et araignées. Phymata americana, known as the ambush bug, is a Phymatinae, or ambush bug in the family Reduviidae.

- Scientific name: *Phymata americana*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17503
- Wikidata: [Q10630741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10630741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119533)

## Names

- en: Jagged Ambush Bug
- fr: Punaise embusquée

## Countries with the most observations

US (3663), CA (2796), MX (11)

## Summary

Phymata americana, known as the ambush bug, is a Phymatinae, or ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It can be found on the flowers of various plants in Central America and North America, where it waits to prey on other insects.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phymata_americana

## Photo

![Punaise embusquée](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jagged-ambush-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: salicacious · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/314039100

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jagged-ambush-bug?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).