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Post by nycdave on Oct 10, 2019 17:02:17 GMT -8
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Post by Paul K on Oct 10, 2019 17:23:32 GMT -8
It is an assassin bug, order Hemiptera, family Reduviidae.
I am not a specialist in this order but few of the species are feeding on blood, common name: Kissing bugs.
Most of them are actually harmless to humans except last one.
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Post by nycdave on Oct 10, 2019 17:30:04 GMT -8
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Post by Paul K on Oct 10, 2019 18:02:03 GMT -8
Your photos are not the best quality and any specialist of this order will have difficult time to properly identify your specimens. Try to get better picks and Im sure someone here will be able to help. |
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Post by bandrow on Oct 11, 2019 18:07:39 GMT -8
Greetings,
I also am not a specialist on Heteroptera, but I think I can narrow this down a bit. I am sure that it is not a member of the Reduviidae, or assassin bugs, but rather something in the Lygaeoidea, possibly the family Lygaeidae, the seed bugs. Your specimen is not one of the predatory taxa, and therefore would not be harmful to humans. Many of these species are attracted to light, and I suspect it found its way into your home by accident, and is nothing to be concerned about...
Cheers!
Bandrow
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