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Assassin BugsWhat’s that bug?
Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Hi
Last August i found this interesting insect in Namibia. Its amazing the camouflage, is very difficult to see near the rocks.. Its near 1 cm and very quite.
Thanks so much
Greetings from Spain
Javi
Namibia
Masked Hunter
Hi Javi,
Your insect reminds us of a North American species called the Masked Hunter, Reduvius personatus. The immature Masked Hunter is sticky and attracts dust and debris to its body as a form of camouflage. Homemakers often encounter dusty specimens in their homes. One of our favorite images from our archive was a Masked Hunter nymph that was blue because the carpet in its habitat was blue and the carpet fibers stuck to the bug. If this is a closely related species and it doesn’t have a dusty home interior as a habitat, it would attract sand and small pebbles to its sticky exoskeleton. Your creature is definitely a Hemipteran, probably a nymph and probably an Assassin Bug, and quite possibly in the same genus, Reduvius, as the Masked Hunter.
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Looks like someone dipped it in glue and sprinkled dirt on it.
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