Masked Hunter Nymph (Camouflaged state)

Often found indoors in dusty corners, attics, and basements; outdoors in woody areas or crevices.

Predatory; feeds on other household arthropods like bed bugs, booklice, termites, and earwigs.

The nymph exhibits a unique behavior of covering itself with dust, lint, sand, and debris to camouflage itself from predators and ambush prey. This creates a 'walking dust bunny' appearance.

Generally beneficial as they eat household pests. However, they can inflict a painful bite if handled or threatened, similar in feeling to a bee sting, though the bite is not medically dangerous.