Masked Hunter Nymph (Camouflage Bug)

Natural Habitat

Often found indoors in dark, dusty corners, under furniture, in basements, and attics. Outdoors, they inhabit barns, sheds, and areas with spider or insect infestations.

Diet & Feeding

They are generalist predators that feed on bed bugs, earwigs, sowbugs, ants, flies, and other small arthropods.

Behavior Patterns

Nymphs exhibit a unique camouflage behavior where they cover themselves in dust, lint, sand, and debris to hide from prey and predators (this is what is visible in the image). They are solitary hunters.

Risks & Benefits

Generally beneficial as they eat household pests like bed bugs and termites. However, they can inflict a painful bite if handled or threatened, similar in intensity to a bee sting. They do not transmit diseases.

Identified on: 3/9/2026