Masked Hunter (Nymph stage)

Found indoors in homes, barns, and sheds, often in dusty corners, basements, or attics where their prey lives.

Strictly carnivorous; they eat small arthropods including bed bugs, carpet beetles, termites, and silverfish.

Nymphs practice 'camouflaging' by coating their sticky bodies with dust, lint, and debris to hide from prey and predators. They are nocturnal hunters and undergo incomplete metamorphosis.

Benefits the ecosystem by controlling pests like bed bugs. They are not disease carriers, but can deliver a very painful bite to humans if handled or provoked, similar to a bee sting.