Hello,
i have 2 decent pictures of the bug.
looks like some kinda beetle to me.
hopeing someone can help me with this.
I live in oshawa, ontario, canada.
it was about 1/2" long, (maybe 3/4" at most)
grey spotted (the vinyl tile it was on was also grey)
we have a current problem with wood lice.
we've cleaned up the yard to hopefully deal with them.
thanks for any help at all.
mike
It looks like it bight be a Hemipteran bug - possibly an assassin bug or similar
This is indeed a nymph of an assassin bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae); possibly that of a masked hunter (Reduvius personatus), an introduced peridomestic species. See http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5082089 for an image. These insects can deliver a very painful 'bite' if mishandled.
