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| quintar oshawa (ca) May 7, 2008 | Hello, i have 2 decent pictures of the bug. looks like some kinda beetle to me. hopeing someone can help me with this. I live in oshawa, ontario, canada. it was about 1/2" long, (maybe 3/4" at most) grey spotted (the vinyl tile it was on was also grey) we have a current problem with wood lice. we've cleaned up the yard to hopefully deal with them. thanks for any help at all. mike
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| Imaginos Harpenden (uk) May 16, 2008 | It looks like it bight be a Hemipteran bug - possibly an assassin bug or similar |
| suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 20, 2008 | This is indeed a nymph of an assassin bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae); possibly that of a masked hunter (Reduvius personatus), an introduced peridomestic species. See [HYPERLINK@www.insectimages.org] for an image. These insects can deliver a very painful 'bite' if mishandled. |
