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title: "Jagged Ambush Bug"
description: "Phymata americana — Insecten en spinnen. Phymata americana, known as the ambush bug, is a Phymatinae, or ambush bug in the family Reduviidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/jagged-ambush-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jagged Ambush Bug

> Phymata americana — Insecten en spinnen. Phymata americana, known as the ambush bug, is a Phymatinae, or ambush bug in the family Reduviidae.

- Scientific name: *Phymata americana*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- 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

![Jagged Ambush Bug](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).