Assassin Bugs!!!

[barred2rock]

Yikes! I just discovered Assassin Bugs in my studio near my brooder. Is there anything I can do to get rid of of them or at least keep them away from my chicks? Nasty suckers!!!

 

[its raining hen]

I've never heard of these. So i googled. ...dear god they sound awful! Then i looked at pictures and i think i saw some of their nymphs on the wooden fence last week! I have no advise but i am following

 

[barred2rock]

I've never heard of these. So i googled. ...dear god they sound awful! Then i looked at pictures and i think i saw some of their nymphs on the wooden fence last week! I have no advise but i am following

Yeah, they're pretty nasty. I'm okay with most insects, even breeding roaches for a time. But these freak me out to no end, I'm itching just thinking about them.

 

[MrsBachbach]

Yikes! I just discovered Assassin Bugs in my studio near my brooder. Is there anything I can do to get rid of of them or at least keep them away from my chicks? Nasty suckers!!!

You need those things in your garden. Best thing to get rid of squash bugs and other pests.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Oh dear lord those things are creepy!

 

[BlueBaby]

I found another thread here at BYC that was talking about those:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/37859/what-kind-of-bug-is-this

 

[barred2rock]

I found another thread here at BYC that was talking about those:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/37859/what-kind-of-bug-is-this

Thank you, I'll take look.