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Hello - I would like to know what kind of spider this is. Is there anything I should be concerned about? It was in my house. Thank you.
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Picture ID 103769
Hello - I would like to know what kind of spider this is. Is there anything I should be concerned about? It was in my house. Thank you.
Feb 29, 2024
Feb 29, 2024
Philadelphia, 
Help identify this spider
The body is about 1/2″ long.
This is no spider! Six legs and antennae make it an insect! It is in the order Hemiptera, true bugs. These are mostly “plant bugs.” The white stuff it is covered with appears to be a fungus parasite. I will look into this! Quite interesting!
Did you spray this insect with some type of insecticide to make it white? My guess is it is in the family of leaf footed bugs, Coreidae.
hi – no, I did not spray it. This is the second one I have found in my house this week. Thank you for the information. I would like to learn more about this “insect” as I have never seen one before this week.
Was the first one covered with white like this one?
it was exactly the same
Can i submit this photo to another site for help?
absolutely!! thank you 🙂
Ah HA! The masked hunter! Not fungal infected (which i doubted because it wouldn’t be walking around alive as infected as it appeared). This is an assassin bug! Reduvius personatus! Check it out…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduvius_personatus
These are so cool! I have them on the foundation of my house. The way they have things stuck to them remind me of caddis fly larvae. I found some of the fly larvae in a sandy creek for a ab class. The larvae were in clear tubes with silicate material coating them. In the sunlight they looked like they were covered in little diamonds.
There is beauty in just about everything!
crazy things!
Thank you for the identification!! It is quite an interesting insect to see. This is a great platform for learning. I will be back to ask for more ID help. Have a great weekend and keep well!
And I learned something new today! Have never seen that species. Fun!
Oh, and I just got confirmation from another person on the identification- nymph of above species.
thank you!
That is a “Masked Bedbug Hunter” witch is a type of “Assassin Bug” or “Assassin Beetle”. google – Masked bedbug hunter, Masked hunter bug.
It has a sticky surface that collects dust and lint to camouflage its self . it is harmless , it eats insect.