Ratmosphere Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 These things bite you and then poop inside the wound. How disrespectful! http://www.ctpost.com/science/article/Deadly-kissing-bug-spreads-bites-you-as-you-6655022.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 It's actually not purposeful, they just defecate when they eat. We have them here in Louisiana - I know people that study them. http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/detailed.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted November 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Would you keep them if you could? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I have. Had them on display at the museum for a while. They always show up at blacklight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmosphere Posted November 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Wow. What did you feed them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucanus Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 This isn't about a beetle. It should belong to either "other discussion" or "other invertebrates" section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shade of Eclipse Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 The writer incorrectly calls them beetles. Those are true bugs in the order Hemiptera, family Reduviidae, the assassin bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 I wonder if it's true that 40% of assassin bugs carry that disease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle-Experience Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 I think it would be 40% of Triatoma sanguisuga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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