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Field Notes

Notes:

flying bug, about 1 inch long

Species ID Suggestions

Barbeiro de Chagas

Triatoma brasiliensis

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Comments (2)
rosygu61
Hello, Rodrigo, thank you! I'm looking at the link you gave me and this scared me, I hope this is another kind of bug! The antennae colors are a little bit diferent,
rodrigofonseca
Hello! I don´t understand about these bugs, but I found it similar to Triatoma brasiliensis, take a look: http://eol.org/pages/10522151/overview In Brazil these insects can transmit Chagas disease: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/214581-overview
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PublishedNovember 26, 2014

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