Ambush bug (likely jagged ambush bug)

Usually found motionless on flowers, especially in meadows, gardens, and other open habitats with abundant blooms.

A predatory insect that ambushes bees, flies, butterflies, and other flower-visiting arthropods, piercing them with a sucking beak.

It relies on camouflage and remains still on flowers before grabbing prey with enlarged, raptorial forelegs. Adults are most visible during the warmer months; females lay eggs on vegetation.

Beneficial as a natural predator of many insects and generally harmless to people. It can deliver a painful defensive bite if handled, but it is not medically dangerous.