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Tick? - Reduvius personatus
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Tick? - Reduvius personatus
Livingston, Park County, Montana, USA
August 12, 2012
Size: 3/8" long 1/8" at widest
Hid in a pile of clean laundry, bit my daughter when she got dressed, then ran to hide under something else. Assuming bite was defensive. Bite swelled like a mosquito bite, with a much larger entry wound, looked like a small blood blister on day 2. Did not get hot or burn, was not very itchy, but stung. Not poisonous, but looks rather like a tick, we think. Anyone know for sure?
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Contributed by spaceprncss on 13 August, 2012 - 4:19pm
Last updated 19 August, 2012 - 12:41am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 19 August, 2012 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Mantis boy - Thank you. Off
Mantis boy - Thank you. Off to inspect all mattresses for bed bugs, though hopefully he was just hunting earwigs...
Relieved to know what he is finally!
… spaceprncss, 13 August, 2012 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Masked Hunter nymph
(Reduvius personatus)
… Alex Harman, 13 August, 2012 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

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