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

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya
- 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
A na-agwakọkarị ya na: Masked hunters are sometimes mistaken for the kissing bug. Unlike the kissing bug, masked hunters do not carry Chagas disease.1
Ike nsị
Nsị na-esi n'eze nsị ya ma ọ bụ eze ya apụta mgbe ọ na-ata.
Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.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
Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?
When handled or trapped, it defends itself by delivering a stab with its beak.1
Ọ bụrụ na ọ tara
- Maka ajị ikpuru na-agba agba: jiri teepu na-arapara arapara wepụ ha, wee saa akpụkpọ ahụ. Ehichala ya.
- Maka ịta: saa ya, mee ka ọ jụọ oyi. Chọọ enyemaka ọgwụ ma ọ bụrụ na ahụ adịghị onye ahụ mma ma ọ bụ na ọbara na-agba ya ngwa ngwa.
Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ
Nọrọ na nchekwa
- Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
- Ọ bụrụ na otu tara gị: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.
Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa
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Eziokwu
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
Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha
Akụkọ ụgha: Masked hunters are kissing bugs and carry Chagas disease.
Eziokwu: 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
Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Reduvius personatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Reduvius personatus (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
- Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.
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