Assasin or Kissing bug

Flying insect that can transmit Chagas Disease. According to the CDC and other sites, it's not the actual bite that will transmit the virus but the feces deposited close to the site of the bite. When the victim scratches, the feces is dragged into the wound and that's when the virus enters the body. If you're looking at this video to find out how to avoid getting sick, I'd suggest you use your search engine for more info. I posted this video because I found very few good descriptions, photos or videos of the bug itself.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Chagas Disease
• Kissing bug
• Assasin bug
• flying insect
• house pests
• pests
• tropical diseases
• tropical pests

[iluminameluna]

@skate4life508: U can get bitten ANYWHERE u go! All I can tell u to possibly avoid a bite of ANY kind is to take plenty of insect repellent, wear clothes that cover from neck to ankle & ankle-covering boots if u go into the bush. My house gets "pesty" only when the weeds in the neighboring lot gets too high. Since it's been cleared all I'm left w/ are scorpions. =D

[NowLifeStarts]

I got bit once on the lower lip and twice on my neck last night by one of these fuckers. I found it in my bed and it now resides in a glass jar awaiting it's torture for fucking with me.

[iluminameluna]

I wish I'd been able to see this sooner .. I sure hope someone suggested you take it to whatever local medical facility you have close.They'd be able to either test the bug or send it to the CDC to ck for the bug that causes Chagas. You might still want to visit a dr, if you haven't already, to ask abt any outbreaks of bites in your community & abt any available tests/trtmts available @ present. Good luck & keep the weeds around your hse to a minimum if possible.

[KoreaMojo]

I live in the city and have had 2 of these in the last house (in the city). One each fall, by the sink under a window in the kitchen across from some rose bushes. The are in the city. It was blackish-brown and smaller than yours by a little bit. killed them both times thank you Jesus. I knew what it was thanks to National Geographics. The first time I was eye to "eye" with it after I bent down to get something out the cupboard it was on the counter top.

[iluminameluna]

@KoreaMojo EEeeew!!! They actually range in size from about an inch long to as small as 1/4 of an inch AND in different colors/patterns.

[SaudiTrooper]

I caught a conenose bug. I live in Europe and I wonder if there's a way of telling assassin bugs from kissing bugs. The one I caught has a thick proboscis clearly separated from its head, as a hook. The bug's colour is dark brown without any special markings.

I originally thought it was a blood-sucking triatoma but I'm not sure anymore.

[iluminameluna]

@SaudiTrooper They ARE ALL the same bug! Just diff names in diff parts of the world. I can't go there right now, but if you Google any of those names you'll get the same pages w/ the scientific label for it.

[skate4life508]

i might go on a cruise to south America can somebody please tell me if i have a risk of being bitten

[NowLifeStarts]

@iluminameluna I am not worried about chagas. The only thing I have noticed since I got bit is I grew a third testicle and I now have hair on my tongue. Other than that I feel great!

[WrestleGames]

SQUAQSH the eggs!

[Ptrix2198]

In west texas

[Ptrix2198]

I fuckin hate the bugs.. I would always get bitten because we had swamp air conditioning and they would sneek in easily. Only my house would get these. Cuz we have many huge pine trees and live in the desert. Now I dont see them much.. But outs were red and black