Flying beetle like bug? - Reduvius personatus Lisbon, Ransom County, North Dakota, USA June 25, 2008 Size: around an inch in length
This bug is a common sight at the farm we just moved from in Lisbon, North Dakota. Mostly seen at night, flying around the house or hidden under a shirt on the floor, or a nightlight on the wall, or after moving our boxes out of the attic numerous dead ones were found up there, and sadly now they are at our new house (where they weren't before...). You never see more then one at a time (alive). My mother-in-law had the misfortune of slipping her arm under a pillow where one was hiding. They have this needle like thing where there mouth is, after a great deal of pain I detour my children from playing with them and encourage them to alert me so I can remove them from the house. I just would really like to know what these are and how I can keep them out of my house. I can handle flies, spiders and the ordinary beetles that come in from the farm but these I would love to not see inside my home.
Contributed by jeaniej7 on 25 June, 2008 - 2:23pm Last updated 6 July, 2008 - 7:13pm |