what is this creature?
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This is a particular type of assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae) called an ambush bug (subfamily Phymatinae). These formerly were placed in a family of their own, the Phymatidae -see http://tinyurl.com/m3sepv. They are general predators on other small arthropods, and as their common name implies, they are ambush predators, often laying in wait on flowers.
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