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masked hunters
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Excuse this post from the start those who know me will rack it up to one of my odd observational stories but I felt it was worth sharing.
The other day I was working on an apartment on the 14th floor of a building and they managed to catch a masked hunter. It was in fact the first one I had ever seen in the UK.
I dutifully put it in a sample jar and remembering that they are natural predators of bed bugs I decided to have an experiment. I added to the jar 8 bed bugs to see how much of an appetite they had.
After 10 minutes I looked again only to find 1 masked hunter curled up in the corner being mugged by all the bed bugs. I will post a few pictures when I get time but the bed bugs were defiantly winning this fight.
I guess this proves that biological control is not as easy as first thought.
David Cain
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Fri Sep 11 2009 11:57:20
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Perhaps because the masked hunter uses stealth and camouflage as opposed to the blood thirsty mob of bed bugs. Certainly interesting but what about in the wild? Perhaps the field might be leveled a bit. But of course as you know masked bed bug hunters can give a nasty bite as well.
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Hi Winston,
Yes I have heard that their bite is akin to a bee sting and thus much less desirable than a bed bug bite.
David
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Fri Sep 11 2009 12:09:45
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I don't know if you've caught any of the online videos but there are a bunch out there with different bugs v bugs pretty graphic I welcome your epic!
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Yes the Japanese fighting bug ones, I must confess it plays to my sense of humour. I had intended on doing one of my own but they literally kicked by main contender out of the ring and he is long past a 10 count.
David .
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spideyjg
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Posted 2 months ago
Fri Sep 11 2009 12:49:32
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Interesting that they assaulted a predator. Bed Bug thugs?
Catch you a jumping, wolf or other prowling spider and drop in there.
Jumpers are a pain to catch cause the always see you.
Nice Gravatar WoB
Jim
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