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Description:

They called kiss bug, what to be sure with the help in this project noah community. If this is kissing bug, do it carry Chagas disease? What particular specie is this? Do Philippines have Chagas disease?

Habitat:

Under woods of floor and walls, sometime seen in the garden.

Notes:

They called kiss bug, what to be sure with the help in this project noah community. If this is kissing bug, do it carry Chagas disease? What particular specie is this? Do Philippines have Chagas disease?

1 Species ID Suggestions

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago
Kissing Bug
Triatoma sp.


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1 Comment

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

That looks like one of the kinds of kissing bugs that can vector Chagas disease, but the disease-causing parasites are limited primarily to Central and South America. This same genus of kissing bug is found in California, but not the disease.

geospecus
Spotted by
geospecus

Cebu City, Bohol, Philippines

Spotted on Mar 2, 2012
Submitted on Mar 5, 2012

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