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Assassin BugsLooks like a large mite
Hello Bugman,
Hi, my name is Shawn, and I work in Beloit, WI. I got to work this morning and I went to put on my steel toe boots, just like any other morning, and I noticed a very small movement on my shoe inserts. I pulled out the inserts and found a bug on them. I work in a lab so naturally I went to a stereoscope and looked at it under some
magnification. It looks like there is sand or another gritty substance on it, but I cannot tell if that is its body, or if it really does have stuff stuck to it. I do use foot powder in my shoes, but the foot powder would be more fine than the grit that is on its body. I have included a photo of the bug and was wondering if you could give some insight as to what it might be. Thank-you very much for your time.
Shawn Tunks
Hi Shawn,
This is an immature Masked Hunter, one of the Assassin Bugs. The young insects are sticky and lint adheres to them. They are predators and a favorite prey is the Bedbud, a pest now reaching epidemic proportions.
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