Masked hunter
The masked hunter is a dark brown to black insect from the assassin bug family. It hunts small creatures such as bed bugs, woodlice and termites, and it is often found in homes. Its nymphs hide by covering their bodies with dust and debris.1

No anndirto nde
- Adults are uniformly dark brown to black and measure 17–22 mm in length.1
- The head is elongated, with a short, three-segmented beak and long, slender antennae.1
- The abdomen is wide and extends beyond the wings in the middle, showing the edges of its abdominal segments.1
- Nymphs look like small adults but are often grey or light-coloured, because a sticky body coat collects dust, lint and small particles.1
Ina jiiɓindiree e: Masked hunters are sometimes mistaken for the kissing bug. Unlike the kissing bug, masked hunters do not carry Chagas disease.1
Doole tooke
Tooke ina yalta e ñiiƴe mum si nde ŋatii.
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.A handled or trapped masked hunter can deliver a rostral stab, which is painful and comparable to a bee's sting. The swelling can last for about a week. They do not feed on human blood.1
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?
When handled or trapped, it defends itself by delivering a stab with its beak.1
Si nde ŋatii
- Ngam leeɓi gilɗi fiɗooji: ittu ɗi e selotef, refti lootu nguru. Taa momtu.
- Ngam ŋatol: lootu e ɓuuɓnu. Heɓu ballal doktaa si neɗɗo oo ɓanndu mum welaani walla ƴiiƴam ina yalta mo ko newi.
Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano
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- Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
- Si gooto e majji ŋatii ma: deeƴu, taa dillu, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) walla yah asibiti law. Siftor no nde wayri, foto ina walla.
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Hol to e aduna?
Hol no nde mawni?
Hol no nde juuti?
juuti ɓadii no kilip kaayitHol no Masked hunter mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
Nymphs build two layers of camouflage on their bodies, an inner layer of fine particles and an outer layer of coarser ones, using their hind legs and a tarsal fan.1
Their sticky body coat catches dust, lint and other small particles, which hides them from both predators and prey.1
Because they hunt bed bugs, a masked hunter in the home can be a sign of a bed bug problem, and controlling the bed bugs usually deals with the hunters too.1
Masked hunters were probably introduced to North America by accident in the late 1800s to early 1900s. They were first found in Canada in 1905 and in the United States in 1917.1
Feññinoowo goonga
Fenaande: Masked hunters are kissing bugs and carry Chagas disease.
Goonga: Masked hunters are sometimes mistaken for kissing bugs, but they do not carry Chagas disease. Their stab is painful, but it does not spread that disease.1
Ɗo anndal iwi
- Reduvius personatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Reduvius personatus (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
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