Walking dust bunny

[ErinKelley]

Thuoght I'd share some pics of this very strange little bug. Looks like maybe it's a Masked Hunter, Reduvius personatus, a type of assassin. Found him at work rolled up in a rug, he's about 1/2" LS. I'm amazed by the strategy it uses to camoflage itself, very cool!
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/e608maskedhunter.html

 

[Miss Bianca]

so this was definitely done on purpose by the bug.....??? LOL

wow...

 

[Galapoheros]

Cool! Every bug that walks through my house gets covered by dust and looks like that

 

[Miss Bianca]

Cool! Every bug that walks through my house gets covered by dust and looks like that

every bug that walks through your home?
that's cool?
maybe you should dust more then....
dust can be very harmful!

 

[NixHexDude]

It looks like someone covered it in glue before it rolled around in the dust. Very cool

 

[Galapoheros]

An army of these and I wouldn't have to clean up. I like the way they leave their antennae clean so they can still sense their environment.

 

[ErinKelley]

Well I've decided that maybe I'll keep this guy around for awhile. Or maybe til he matures. I threw a cricket in with him last night and OMG he was on it in like .5secs! Hungry!
Definitely a cool little bug.

 

[blazetown]

I've seen these every once in a while at my dads house. I could never figure out what they were though. It makes sense that they would be an assassin bug ,because I found a different black species there frequently.

 

[ErinKelley]

Yea, there is a link right above the photos with some info and a pic of an adult. I vaguely remember seeing something like the black adults but can't be sure..

 

[Acro]

Yep, the adults are all black with wings. As adults they dont need to get all dirty since they think that they are tough at that point. Rocken cool buggers!

 

[arachnidgirl]

I've seen a few of these in southern Ontario, Canada when I visited my mother. They are cool looking.