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Blood-sucking conenose

Triatoma gerstaeckeri

Photo by BugEric
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Field Notes

Description:

Size is 23-28 mm for the species. Broadly oval in shape and marked as shown in dark brown and orange.

Habitat:

Several specimens were attracted to a mercury vapor light and blacklight setup at night in Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in south Texas. Habitat is coastal wetland.

Notes:

Feeds at night on blood of mammals, usually rodents such as wood rats.

Reference Links:

Species Triatoma gerstaeckeri - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (1)
Maria dB
Nice shots of an insect with a rather awful, although descriptive, common name!

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PublishedJune 5, 2013

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