A Masked hunter that wants it all!

[orionmystery]

I think it's a masked hunter (Reduvius personatus?) but this is my first time seeing one with not just dirt/debris on its body. Many of them too on a tree trunk but this one takes the cake - moss, ant carcasses, dirt/debris, you name it - this masked hunter(?) has it all . Oh, I forget to mention the roach ootheca! Reminds me of Acanthaspis petax with just ant carcasses but no dirt/debris on the abdomen. But this could be an Acanthaspis too? Not sure. Anyone can shed light on this?

Dirt/debris, ant carcasses, moss, and an empty roach ootheca...LOL

IMG_3319 stk copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

You can see the ootheca better here

IMG_3315 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Just dirt/debris and ant carcasses. An earwig tails too?

IMG_3589 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Previous masked hunter I have found has only dirt/debris, no ant carcasses

IMG_3731 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Previous Acanthaspis petax I have found: only ant carcasses. This one has an ant prey too!

IMG_9235 copy by Kurt / Hock Ping GUEK (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

 

[greybeard31 3]

What a disgusting insect.....lol. Very very interesting. I don't know near as much about insects as I would like to. The last one is my favorite.