Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

Masked Hunter

Reduvius personatus

Spanish: Chinche besucona

Masked Hunter (Reduvius personatus)
Photographed by modestasruzauskas on iNaturalist · taken in Jurbarko, LT-TG, LT, not near La Saladita

Reduvius personatus or the masked hunter is an insect belonging to the assassin bug (Reduviidae) family. The name is because its nymphs camouflage themselves with dust. The masked hunter is a predator of small arthropods, including woodlice, lacewings, earwigs, bed bugs and termites. Masked hunters do not feed on human blood, but can bite humans in self-defense when mishandled. The bite can be extremely painful, but masked hunters are not known to transmit any diseases and...

TaxonomyInsecta › Hemiptera › Reduviidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records15,401 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Masked Hunter (Reduvius personatus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/reduvius-personatus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.