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Masked hunter

Reduvius personatus

Davart il num: The name comes from the nymphs' habit of camouflaging themselves with dust, which hides them like a mask.1

Fa mo malQuai fa mal, ma i na ta fa nagin donn serius.

Rujas ed insects

MorsasMangia: Charn

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Viva en

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

Europa, Asia

Pagina iniziala

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

Lunghezza

1,7 cm fin 2,2 cm (0,7 in fin 0,9 in)1

Sveltezza maximala

circa 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

Sin terra, stima approximativa

Tge mangia el?

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

Foto da Masked hunter — Masked hunter. Foto: Magnefl. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

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

Savens confundì cun: Masked hunters are sometimes mistaken for the kissing bug. Unlike the kissing bug, masked hunters do not carry Chagas disease.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: DolurusQuai po far propi mal, ma i n'è bunamain mai grav.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

Sch'el morda

Tar pails da rujas che piztgan: auza els davent cun in bindel adesiv, lava lura la pel. Na sfruscha betg.
Tar morsas: lava e sfradenta. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain u sanguinescha facilmain.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

Africa Asia Europa America dal Nord America dal Sid Australia ed Oceania

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

var uschè lung sco in clip da palpiri

Quant grond è Masked hunter cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

Ina tartaruga circa 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Masked hunter circa 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

Ina persuna che va a pe circa 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

Mit: Masked hunters are kissing bugs and carry Chagas disease.

Vardad: 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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific: Reduvius personatus
Gruppa: Rujas ed insects
Famiglia: Reduviidae2
Urden: Hemiptera
Continents: Europa, Asia
Poppins: Young hatch as nymphs, which look like small adults. There is normally one generation per year.1
Privel per umans: 2 / 5: Dolurus3

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Reduvius personatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
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