Masked Hunter (Nymph)

Commonly found inside homes, barns, and storage sheds, typically in dusty corners or under floorboards.

Carnivorous predator that feeds on small arthropods including bed bugs, carpet beetles, termites, and flies.

Nymphs exhibit 'masking' behavior by covering their bodies with sticky secretions that attract dust, lint, and sand for camouflage. They are nocturnal hunters.

Benefits humans by preying on household pests like bed bugs; however, they can deliver a very painful defensive bite if handled or provoked, though they do not transmit diseases.