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Masked hunter

Reduvius personatus
Ko faati e innde ndee: The name comes from the nymphs' habit of camouflaging themselves with dust, which hides them like a mask.1
Ina muusi tanIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli ŊatgolIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

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

Ina wuuri e
Native to Europe and western Asia; introduced to Australia, India, Africa and North America, where it is common in the central and eastern United States.1
Orop, Aazi
Hello arano
Masked hunters prefer dry habitats. People usually meet them when they infest houses, often in homes with bed bug infestations, where they are usually found in small numbers.1
Juuteendi
1,7 cm haa 2,2 cm (0,7 in haa 0,9 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
Adults and nymphs both hunt other arthropods, including woodlice, lacewings, earwigs, bed bugs and termites. They pierce their prey with sucking mouthparts, and they hunt bed bugs at night.1
Goonga!Natal Masked hunter
Masked hunter. Natal: Magnefl. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • 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 heewi waylondireede e: Masked hunters are sometimes mistaken for the kissing bug. Unlike the kissing bug, masked hunters do not carry Chagas disease.1

Doole tooke

Ŋatgol

Tooke ngal ina yaltira ñiiƴe mum so ina ŋata.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

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 ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When handled or trapped, it defends itself by delivering a stab with its beak.1

So ina ŋata

  • Ngam leɓɓe ngooɓuuli jukkooje: ittu ɗe e skots ɓataaɗo, refti loot nguru ngu. Wota a moomtu.
  • Ngam ŋatgol: loot nokku oo, ɓuuɓnu. Heɓ ballal cafrol so neɗɗo oo ina wiya wonaa e jam, walla ina ƴiiɗa ko newii.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gooto ŋatii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Masked hunter hedde 2,2 cm juutde (0,9 in)Ɓiyngel maaro gooto hedde 7 mm (0,3 in)Pees 1 oro hedde 2,3 cm (0,9 in)
hedde juutde no ñippirde kaayitaaje

Hol no Masked hunter mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

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

2

Their sticky body coat catches dust, lint and other small particles, which hides them from both predators and prey.1

3

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

4

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 fenaande

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

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Reduvius personatus
Fedde
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli
Ɓesngu
Reduviidae2
Ordre
Hemiptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Orop, Aazi
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Young hatch as nymphs, which look like small adults. There is normally one generation per year.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Reduvius personatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Reduvius personatus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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