Handling The Frightening Masked Hunter Bug
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Masked hunter bugs are true bugs that are said to have an extremely painful bite. These insects are very unique in that they use debris around them to become a camouflage master. In this episode I find some of these awesome insects and handle them with my bare hands. Do I get bitten on accident while handling these? Only way to find out is to watch this episode.
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That's some kind of assassin bug.
Yes you are correct.
6:12 the loudest GULP,SWALLOW ever recorded on UA-cam! That should get you a better play button alone!
ha ha. There are plenty of weird sounds in my videos.
clearly you've never seen a Bob Ross video 😂
Thank God I wasn't bitten by one of these when I found it in my room and preceded to show it to all of my room mates. I thought it looked cool with the dust on it.
yes I am glad I wasn't bitten either!
I would've let it roam cause they feed on bed bugs
0:41 through 0:59 random cat says hi
I FOUND ONE IN MY HOUSE!!! I THOUGHT IT WAS A DUST BUG.
Lexie yah their looks can be deceiving!
I literally though it was a piece of dirt that got tracked in so I just poked it and it moved and I was like NOPE 🚪🚶🏻♀️
I found one also, happy with it because it kills unwanted bugs but when I read up about the bite, I put him in a 5 star resort with a meal worm ever once in a while since I am in northern Ontario and I def have to wait till spring to release him. I just hope this nymph stage last long because I love all the debris he walks around with him but sadly when they are adults they are just a plain (longer than round) black beetle and no more cute camo from surrounding debris.
One of the few critters that will decimate a bedbug infestation.. they're very handy bugs!
New Message is this coming from experience?
@@InsectHunter Yep. My neighbor had an infestation that 'magically resolved itself' without the use of pesticides (there are COPD sufferers in my building)... though we were then plagued with all the adults suddenly popping up (they're largish and black) for a while. I say plagued, but I think I saw like, maybe 4 of them total. When the pest control guy saw them he was just 'Oh.. that explains it.. you'll have these for a while, until they starve. Don't bother them, they bite', and that was it. That was 3 years ago now, i think? No re-infestation, and no bites from the hunters, that i heard about anyway.
New Message wow what an awesome story thanks for sharing! I will let others know!
New Message I just killed one I found lol
@@NewMessage That's some seriously cool info to learn. I've been fortunate not to have ever had to deal with bed bugs, but I've heard of several units in my complex having them. So if they do find their way to mine, I'll know how to deal with 'em. What part of the country do these assassin bugs live in?
I've handled these guys quite often as a kid. They are very calm
I was bit by one last year in my daughter’s bed. Left quite the welt and burned like a wasp sting for a few days. This one is a juvenile. I just found one the other day in the pool cover. Looked like a sand covered big. The one that bit me was an adult. It got trapped in my shirt and I sent it flying when I saw it 😂
I have enjoyed watching and hope you keep this up. i believe there is a great need for this kind of educational venue. Humanizes the lust for knowledge.
Thanks Rick! I enjoy making the videos and helping people discover the awesome world of insects and other arthropods. :)
Back in 2010-2011, I went through a similar situation involving 'Wheel bugs', which are one of the few assassin bug species native to the mid Atlantic region of the US. I had never seen one before, but I started seeing them out in a semi-rural area of Pa where I lived for 2.5 years. I didn't know what they were until about a year after I moved back to Delaware, and stopped seeing them again. Anyway, I had seen the adult wheel bugs in late summer and fall of 2010. They were occasionally seen hanging out on the deck, or on trees.
The following spring, I saw a strange new bug that ended up being baby wheel bugs. They looked almost entirely different as juveniles. I coaxed quite a few adult wheel bugs onto my hands in 2010, but later learned that their bite is apparently considered one of the most painful insect bites out there. Fortunately I handled them like I handle any insect or small animal, so i was never bit. I never technically "pick up" any insect or animal. I slowly and carefully coax them into walking onto my hand on their own. So there's no reason for them to bite me. Now that I know what they are, I have considered driving back out to that particular area of southeastern PA, and capturing a few wheel bugs and bringing them here.
Yeah I haven't received much harm myself doing like you do. Slowly coaxing insects works well. Just stay calm and the bugs will stay calm too.
I have a dusty assassin bug below my large aquarium on the bottom Shelf just quickly pops in & out of the pile of aquarium junk,i didn't know they were in the s.w.of uk or bout the bite,so shiny n WICKEDLY KOOL! N we been playing with it!
I'm so glad you do this for us chickens out here. Do try and be safe while you're out there with the buggies. You brave soul you. May God always Bless you. Thank you again.😅😅😅
Haha, I used to breed pythons. In my experience, their bite is less painful than most insects, such as horseflies and wasps. Funny that the entomologist used them as a comparison. Unless a snake is venomous, their bite is generally more shocking than it is painful.
brave guy, i found one in my house tonight I thought it was an alien until I did a search. i didn't know they could be so dangerous until i watched your video. thanks... im going to release it outdoors now.
THE CAT IS MINDING HES FREAKING BUSINESS 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Enjoyed the video and I see you seem to like being bitten , rather you than me . Have a great Halloween .
Was bitten by a nymph recently, the pain was _extremely_ intense, and I'm still recovering from the bite (swelling, throbbing, itching, etc., possible infection). Definitely do not recommend. They are cute, though. 😉
Good to know. What provoked it to bite you? Or were you just handling it like me?
Do you know how you got the bite?
You know getting bit by a wheel bug is worse than getting stung by a bald faced hornet
The adult form of the masked hunter is very interesting as well.
All assassin bugs are interesting! :) The juveniles of this species nevertheless are quite unique in the world of insects.
Thanks dude for your videos interesting!!
FINALLY. I found it. Just found one just chilling on the couch w me. We have reptiles and I thought it was a cricket that got out the day before and was just hurt or still covered in calcium powder from the feeding. But nope it wasn’t. And we looked at it for awhile trying to figure it out what it was, but he was fast and I’m glad didn’t bite me but I usually don’t mind bugs I always played and caught and handled them as a kid and I own death feigning beetles but that thing NOPE. I hope there are no more in my house. Lolol
I didnt know they bit either do now lol
Bugs don't bite unless they feel threatened.
Now can you teach me how to catch a Californian beetle with my hands?
i found one in my house after taking a couple hits thought i was tripping and saw a walking nug then continued to trip after wondering if it actually came out of it hahahaha turns out not
That’s a species of Assassin Bug, or as commonly known, The Kissing Bug. The most dangerous part about them isn’t their venom or their bite. The most dangers part about them is the possible deadly parasite they carry within their proboscis called Chagras Disease. When you’re sleep, select species of these bugs actually suck the blood from your lips, and in turn their saliva could very well contain the Chagras Disease which is an old world parasite yet extremely deadly. Assassin Bugs are so terrible that they actually prey on Spiders. These are not to be trifled with.
You do interesting stuff by bringing nature to us but this is risky. But I'll tell you one scare I had was when some fool in Australia actually handled a Sydney Funnel Web spider on his hands! This spyders' bite comes with a death sentence without question.!
CHAGAS DISEASE 😟
They meanin the Masked Hunter bug, act like jumpin spiders my favorite spiders in the whole world
can you handle some ticks? That would be fun.
Yes there is a tick episode on my channel.
i use to cath them when i was little
I found a baby desert centipede today. It was one of the longest centipede i have ever seen for its age! I let it bite me as in introduction to bites... It did one venom bite, than two dry bites! It was pretty scary, but I'm glad I did it! (& don't worry! I research the venoms and poisons of bugs, and proper precautions before I touch them)
Corbin Jose ok yeah I would say be careful with that kind of stuff it can send you to the hospital I do not encourage it.
I found a few in my crawl space it was wrapped in dust sand and a few spider web strands
I can confirm that the bite is very painful 😕
Good to know. I am glad to have someone confirm this. With how docile they acted towards me I was starting to wonder, but if they don't bite they seem chill. One day I will probably get bitten ha ha.
I just got stung by one of these mofo's!! It was flying around outside and landed on my shirt.. (Without me knowing till it was flying around my bedroom) SO I go to pick it up cause it landed on my pillow on my bed. My son 6 year old son was freaking out thinking it was hurt him.. I'm telling him.. no, no it's just a lightening bug.. WRONG! I went to pick it up.. thinking it was harmless.. I SCREAMED OUT LOUD WHEN IT BIT ME!! WORSE THAT A HORNETS STING.. It happened like 20 mins ago and its. still throbbing!! So when I finally found it again I stepped on it and took a photo of it with the scanner app on my phone and it pulled up masked hunter.. I'm so glad it got me and not my son😳❗
Which app did you use to identify it?
Can you do a video looking for scorpions native to your area? If not what about a video about aquatic specimen collecting? I love bugs and this channel is awesome, I myself have blue death feighning beetles, a vinegaroon, a dictator scorpion, a giant sentipede (s. polymorpha) and some millipedes. I looked for a long time for a channel like this!
Awesome Drew. It sounds like you are just as passionate about insects, spiders and other arthropods as I am! I will try to see if I can hunt down some scorpions sometime, but it would take a few hour trip to do so. Have you watched my aquatic collecting episode yet? ua-cam.com/video/PHA5ALMRlZo/v-deo.html
Yeah I have watched that one and it was really cool. I live near some creeks with things like giant predacious diving beetles and such. Aquatic bugs are interesting
Yeah I will possibly do a river collecting one sometime soon hopefully!
That's a nymph. You should play with the adult. lol They look really scary. I see them in my home every year in late summer. I leave them alone to do whatever they do.
There is a lot of them where i live, but i never heard of someone been bite by one of those. Not even our dogs have problems with them
Bugs are people too
,lmao i read a article about them being commonly found in basements too..
I was bitten last night by one of these little suckers. Super painful!
Why didn't you feed it the worm
I found one in my house I thought it was made outa rocks it’s was tripp
awesome, post more videos like this!
Thanks Rack! I will keep making videos like this so long as I keep running into so many awesome insects! :)
KITTY!!!!
Very cool, man. Beautiful specimen. Brave of you to handle that. Assassin bugs are the stuff of nightmares.
Great video.
Thanks Juuso!
Man I been calling this thing my rock bug holding it so glad I didn't get bite...
These things live in my house...
i found one of these in my bed!!!! does that mean i have bed bugs??
These insects are natural predators of bed bugs.
Yup
i sometimes have big ones in my house . . . .
Hi insect hunter. I can see this is an assassin bug. I recently woke up after a mid morning nap that lastes about 45 minutes to discover my upper lip swollen and numb. Then, upon closer look, I could see that at the center of the marble sized swollen part of lip there were two small, evenly spaced holes or bite marks and a round ball of dark sticky matter close to the wound. I removed this small ball for saving and to make sure that it wouldnt actually contact the damaged part of the lip. The swelling went away after about a week and the numbness diminished after about 4 or 5 days. I experienced no pain at any point. I live in NJ. Can you pleass give me your thoughts on what could have bitten me. I saw several spiders , a house centipede, and a stink bug in the days following. Thanks and a reply will guarantee a new subscriber
I am not sure what may have bitten you, but two holes would indicate likely a spider. I often wake up with spider bites that I don't notice until after I have been bitten in the night.
Kissing bug
I saw one dk what heck was it all ik they are rear..
One just landed on me in bed
Save time bite is at 6:07
bruh i picked this fkr up and put him outside 😂 glad he was chill and didn’t eat me
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DAT MASK SCARE ME!!
I've handled them without knowing, now I know!
yeah I did the same thing and then after I was like, "do I really want to handle these again?" I don't want to be bitten but deep down inside of me is this side thinking you have to know if it really is that painful. I doubt I will give in to that side any time soon!
I like katydids, can you make a video about them?
I found some once, but didn't make a video yet.
Got bitten by this bug just now and it was so painful😭 i accidentally stepped on it and found out that it was masked hunter....
Really. Was it as painful as described at the first of the video? I haven't gotten bitten yet.
found many of those handled them never bitten but maybe toxic if bitten
dan kachiros from my understanding not highly toxic, but mostly just painful.
What regions are these strange creatures found in?
In much of North America.
North east of America that's where I found some
Do they live in water ever??
Not that I am aware of though other true insects live in water that have a similar feeding style like "toe biters."
@@InsectHunter aka water bigs most commonly the giant water bug
The nothanku bug
Ha ha that could be another name I suppose.
Be careful kid
Is this insect in the redjuviidae family? Similar to assassin bugs? I keep cultures of assassin bugs as pets.
yes it is a type of assassin bug.
Yes it is a type of assassin bug
Hmm, it seems assassin creed copied a bug... this thing is legit a assassin
I can handle any katydid, any frog, any beetle or it's larvae, some spiders, some worms, but i will not handle this bug.
Nice!
I'll handle it but only enough I can handle alot of stuff but it prefer sombody to do it wuth me then I could do it alone
can u do another trap video plllssss
Thanks for the feedback Golden. I will see what I can do. The winter is soon upon us.
What kind of insects are hoping to trap? Or are you just interested in building insect traps in general? Thanks.
Insect Hunter i want to collect big and medium beetles but i cant catch them in any trap if u have any trap that can trap this beetles it will be very helpfull!
A lot of it really depends on what area you are living in. Is the area you live in an area that is hot and humid? If not you may have to travel to another location to get some very large beetles. If you live in the U.S. I would try and see if you can contact a local university and ask for the insect systematist. They are experts curating pinned insects and collections. They might know more about what kinds of larger beetles in your area you might be able to collect or trap.
it doesn't look like something that could bite you though o.o
It is more of a puncture than a bite. They have a long thin proboscis that is like a sharp needle.
This guy find adsome bugs
wish can use these to hunt bed bugs
it would be challenge to use them, but its a cool idea.
@@InsectHunter seal off an infected room Let them hunt watch with web came mini insect entomology movie take bets how many they attack. Were can I find this natural predator Wind scorpion, Pyemotes mites, Cobweb spider
@@scrappychildhood6633 It could work I guess haha! If you try it out please let me know. I am not sure about the mites or the spider, but I have seen windscorpions frequently in desert areas. A pitfall trap should work to catch one if you are in the right climate, but I would check around first with other collectors or a local university.
@@InsectHunter may you do a video of natural predators of bed bugs? 1 in 3 households have dealt with these pest.
@@scrappychildhood6633 I would love to, it just might be quite a while down the line. Here in Idaho they are not common because of the climate, but I will keep my eyes opened for them.
CAN YOU LIKE WASH THE BUG BC ITS DIRTY😂
The dirt is strongly adhered through an almost biological glue making it very difficult to remove, plus you don't want to get bitten. So it would be difficult to clean them off.
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Not sure what that means, but thanks for watching.
I'm doing some husband hunting 😍😍😍
Uhhh its an assasain bug you guys 😑
they are in the same family as assassin bugs, but the common name for the species itself is a masked hunter bug.