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Kissing Bug or Blood Sucking Conenose

Triatoma sanguisuga

Photo by momsavang
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Kissing Bug or Blood Sucking Conenose

Triatoma sanguisuga

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LaurenZarate
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momsavang
Thank you! I made sure not to touch it! I've got a friend at the CDC and knew how dangerous they can be!
LaurenZarate
This is a female, when you kill one be careful not to touch any of the body fluids in case in is infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoa that causes Chagas' Disease. See: http://bugeric.blogspot.mx/2014/01/ki... http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/URBAN/Triatoma_sanguisuga.htm html://slideplayer.com/slide/759735/ http://slideplayer.com/slide/4354202/...

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