The first ambush bug I noticed was this tiny nymph on the yellow Lantana flower. Below it's perched on my thumbnail, where you can get a better idea of how little it is.

Once I started looking for ambush bugs, they weren't too hard to find. This ambush bug adult is lurking in the purple mistflower, waiting for a juicy bug to come for nectar.

This ambush bug found a green hopper to nibble on. I found them on my Cnidoscolus chayamansa.

Here's a skipper butterfly that, from a distance, appeared to be sipping nectar from the mistflower. As I got closer and saw that it wasn't moving, I started looking for the flower spider or ambush bug I suspected was eating it. Take a close look at the ambush bug.

I'll make another page for the ambush bug eating the skipper.

Ambush bugs remind me of hidden pictures. Speaking of hidden pictures, see if you can find the ambush bug on my Spanish Needles page. There's one there that I didn't mention on the page, and it's in plain sight. Somewhere on this page is another hidden creature. Test your observation skills: can you find the spider legs in one of the pictures on this page?

While we're on the subject, did you notice that there were two ambush bugs in one of the previous photographs? Here they are from the side:

Ambush bugs sure do seem to enjoy each other's company.

Those odd bumps on the leaf beneath the last ambush bug are normal for the Hercules Club Tree I found the bug on.