Identify this bug

Dec 10th, 2020 12:40 am

#1

TheSandman1 [OP]: Member; Aug 16, 2015; 262 posts; 93 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 10th, 2020 12:40 am

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Dec 10th, 2020 2:39 am

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sleepyguy: Deal Fanatic; Jun 11, 2001; 9468 posts; 1601 upvotes

Dec 10th, 2020 2:39 am

Think that is the family of "bloodsuckers", although I recall the ones from canada rarely feed on humans... just squish it. If it has a much wider body and shorter... it's probably a stink bug... you dont' want to squish those, just grab it and let it go outside.

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Dec 10th, 2020 8:30 am

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BetCrooks: Sr. Member; Oct 14, 2012; 790 posts; 527 upvotes; Woodstock

Dec 10th, 2020 8:30 am

If no one here has the right answer, you can post your photo to iNaturalist.com or to BugGuide.net if you want.
Actually looking closer yours looks more like Nabis (see https://bugguide.net/node/view/492373 ) If it is a Nabis, they eat insects including aphids and caterpillars.

Possibly a Western Conifer Seed Bug, or a similar kind. Like ladybugs, they often try to get into somewhere warm to spend the winter sleeping. If it's too warm, though, they wake up and move around.
https://naturalcrooks.com/rambles/weste ... g-ontario/
But it doesn't look like yours has the wide flat part on the rear leg.

Dec 10th, 2020 9:44 am

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Mars2012: Moderator; May 28, 2012; 11696 posts; 4238 upvotes; Saskatoon

Dec 10th, 2020 9:44 am

Closest match I can find is a Damsel Bug.

Dec 10th, 2020 9:56 am

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gumby: Deal Addict; Sep 22, 2005; 3983 posts; 3168 upvotes; Ottawa

Dec 10th, 2020 9:56 am

Assassin bug (the masked hunter) or Kissing bug? Need to see a closer shot of the head.
https://pestcontrolcanada.com/5723-2/
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisbug/c ... _you_tell/

https://i.imgur.com/3cnyDLn.jpg

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Dec 10th, 2020 10:14 am

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BetCrooks: Sr. Member; Oct 14, 2012; 790 posts; 527 upvotes; Woodstock

Dec 10th, 2020 10:14 am

In all these suggestions, none of them are insects that will start living and breeding in your house. They are all examples of outside insects that are attracted to warmth (and sometimes that come inside on Christmas trees, outdoor plants, etc.) So it is unlikely you will see many of them or that you will need to do anything.

Damsel bug = Nabis, by the way. So Mars2012 and I are suggesting the same thing. There are several reports indoor/outdoors of Nabis in the GTA on iNaturalist.

Dec 10th, 2020 11:51 am

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Oni-kun: Deal Fanatic; Mar 17, 2004; 5358 posts; 761 upvotes

Dec 10th, 2020 11:51 am

I see those occasionally. They come from outside. If you squish them they smell kinda bad/green smelling. I think they eat leaves. There are many similar looking bugs though

Dec 10th, 2020 12:03 pm

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TheSandman1 [OP]: Member; Aug 16, 2015; 262 posts; 93 upvotes; Toronto

Dec 10th, 2020 12:03 pm

That looks exactly like a damsel bug. I wasn’t worried, more so curious. I found it behind my baseboards (among other things lol). After reading about it, this one seems beneficial! It kills stuff I don’t want in my house

BetCrooks wrote: ↑ In all these suggestions, none of them are insects that will start living and breeding in your house. They are all examples of outside insects that are attracted to warmth (and sometimes that come inside on Christmas trees, outdoor plants, etc.) So it is unlikely you will see many of them or that you will need to do anything.

Damsel bug = Nabis, by the way. So Mars2012 and I are suggesting the same thing. There are several reports indoor/outdoors of Nabis in the GTA on iNaturalist.

Dec 11th, 2020 1:20 am

#9

Jerico: Deal Guru; Jan 25, 2007; 11479 posts; 6660 upvotes; Paris

Dec 11th, 2020 1:20 am

Whenever you find a Masked Hunter bug in your house, give him a wide berth and send him on his way back into the depths of your house to defend it from stuff you DON’T want.

Dont pick it up and get bit by it either, its very painful.