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Triatoma rubrofasciata
Triatoma rubrofasciata
Commonly known as "Blood Sucker" or "Kissing Bug". These insects suck blood from hosts. The story behind the common name, "kissing bug" is coined because it usually sucks blood from the faces of people at night as usually, the faces are the uncovered part of the body. A female triatoma is flightless.
Spotted on Nov 3, 2013
Submitted on Nov 4, 2013
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Here is the list of top 10 Insects That Suck Blood
https://curbearth.com/insects-that-suck-...
A beautiful photo, of a beautiful Bug....
be wary of this bug they may carry Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
thanks for the correction, guys! :)
Corrected names and their placement.
Moved to Arthropods :-)
This wonderful spotting should be in the Arthropod category !
You must mean Triatoma rubrofasciata?
"Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer, 1773) is a cosmopolitan species distributed geographically between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, is most commonly found in Asia, Oceania, Africa and Central America. In South America, its distribution is restricted to Venezuela, French Guyana, Brazil and Argentina."
(http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=s...). This picture looks like a female and they can fly very well.