Nymph of a masked hunter

7056.         I found this guy walking slowly on the wall at night. Haven’t seen anything like this. From what I can gather online, it resembles a bit like a masked hunter. I’m wondering if his mottled appearance is due to cat litter. The picture is magnified as the bug is trapped under a shotglass and I zoomed in 4x with my phone. His real size is around nearly a cm I found him August 15th, 2020. Cheers. Toronto, Ontario. Canada

Number 7056. This is indeed is a nymph of a masked hunter (Reduvius personatus; Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a cosmopolitan species often found indoors and reputed to have a very painful ‘bite’- Click here for more detailed information.