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Bugman,
We have found over a hundred of these in our house over the past two months. We have explored your website extensively and think it may be a Zelus assassin bug, or a Western Conifer Seed Bug. Here is the catch, during this time our son has gotten two swollen eyelids, one on each eye. Both eyelids had similar characteristics, they slowly swelled up until closed after about 3 days, then within about 2 days they were fine. Neither itched, and his eye was not red, nor did he demonstrate any painful symptoms. Needless to say our immediate response was that he got bitten by one of these bugs. However, if it is a Seed Bug, then they are not supposed to bite. We are hoping it is a seed bug, and that he is just having an allergic reaction to something, but being he might have been bitten by the zelus bug we are a little freaked out and borderline going nuts. So what is the verdict doctor?
Kevin Hibbs
Hi Kevin,
This is a Zelus Assassin, but sadly, we can’t explain why your son is getting bitten. Assassin Bugs will bite if handled, but they are not really aggressive.
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