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Scientific Classification

Phylum

Arthropods

Class

Bugs

Order

True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies

Family

Assassin bugs

Genus

Jagged ambush bugs

Species

Pennsylvania Ambush Bug (Phymata pennsylvanica)

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