Masked Hunter Nymph (Camouflaged)

Typically found indoors in dust-prone areas like basements, attics, and underneath furniture. Outdoors they inhabit dry locations with loose soil or sand.

They are generalist predators that feed on bed bugs, silverfish, woodlice, earwigs, and other small household arthropods.

The nymphs have a sticky exoskeleton that accumulates dust, lint, and debris, serving as effective camouflage against predators and prey. They are solitary and ambush predators.

Generally beneficial as they eat household pests (including bed bugs). However, they can inflict a very painful bite if handled or threatened, comparable to a bee sting, though it is not medically significant.