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What type of Beetle? - Reduvius personatus
Copyright © 2008 jpav912

What type of Beetle? - Reduvius personatus
Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
June 30, 2008
Size: 3/4"
I found 2 of these beetles today inside my house. Are they a wood boring beetle or weevil?
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Contributed by jpav912 on 30 June, 2008 - 7:17pm
Last updated 25 July, 2008 - 10:21am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 25 July, 2008 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

See guide page
here. Recent comments on other images (by one of our experts) suggest you should consider the possibility they are in your house after bedbugs, a favorite prey apparently. They do eat other small creatures, though.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 30 June, 2008 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting.
We are getting lots of postings of these. Now I'm wondering if there has been an explosion of swallow bugs (related to bed bugs, but parasites of cliff swallows) that has caused a ripple effect in the abundance of masked hunters....?
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 July, 2008 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

Reduvius personatus (Masked Hunter)
not a beetle, a true bug
… v belov, 30 June, 2008 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

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