Masked Hunter (Nymph stage)

Buildings, residential homes, gardens, and woodpiles. Often found in dusty, undisturbed areas like basements or attics.

Carnivorous. They primarily hunt other small arthropods including bed bugs, carpet beetles, earwigs, and flies.

Nymphs practice camouflage by secreting a sticky substance that collects dust, sand, or lint, allowing them to blend into their surroundings. They are nocturnal hunters and are attracted to lights.

Benefits the ecosystem and households by acting as a natural predator of indoor pests like bed bugs. While not aggressive and having no interest in feeding on humans, they can deliver a very painful defensive bite if handled or provoked, similar to a bee sting.