Masked Hunter Nymph

Natural Habitat

Typically found indoors in dry areas like basements, attics, and corners of rooms where dust and lint accumulate.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivorous predator; it feeds on small arthropods including bed bugs, carpet beetles, earwigs, and woodlice.

Behavior Patterns

The nymph exhibits a 'masking' camouflage behavior, secreting a sticky substance to cover its body with dust, sand, and debris to hide from prey and predators. They are nocturnal hunters.

Risks & Benefits

Benefits humans by acting as a natural pest control for bed bugs. Risk includes a painful bite if handled or provoked, though they do not transmit diseases.

Identified on: 3/13/2026