Masked Hunter (Nymph)

Commonly found indoors in dry, dusty areas such as attics, basements, and behind furniture, as well as outdoors in woodpiles and hollow trees.

Insects including bed bugs, flies, termites, and earwigs; they act as predators that pierce prey with a sharp rostrum.

Nymphs practice camouflage by covering their sticky bodies with dust, lint, and debris to hide from predators and stalk prey. They are primarily nocturnal.

Beneficial as they hunt household pests like bed bugs. However, they can deliver a very painful bite to humans if handled or threatened, though they are not known to transmit diseases.