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Kissing Bug

Triatoma sanguisuga

About

A dark brown to black blood-feeding assassin bug with orange or red markings along the edges of its abdomen. It typically bites sleeping humans near the mouth area.

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Did You Know?

It can transmit the parasite that causes Chagas disease, though transmission rates in the United States are relatively low.