Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Medium

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Europe and Africa

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Uncommon

About

Masked hunters are small assassin bugs that live in forests and woodlands. They are notorious for their camouflage, which allows them to blend in with the dust on the ground.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

Genus

Reduvius

Species

Reduvius personatus