1. Vampire Insects Interesting Facts about them Dickson Lim 2P214

2. Content Page Bed BugsBed Bugs MosquitoesMosquitoes FleasFleas Kissing BugsKissing Bugs

3. Bed Bugs (Video)

4. Bed Bugs Attracted to their hosts primarily by carbon dioxide, secondarily by warmth, and also by certain chemicals.Attracted to their hosts primarily by carbon dioxide, secondarily by warmth, and also by certain chemicals. Pierces the skin of its host with a stylet fascicle.Pierces the skin of its host with a stylet fascicle. This is a unit composed of the maxillae and mandibles which have been modified into elongate shapes from a basic, ancestral style.This is a unit composed of the maxillae and mandibles which have been modified into elongate shapes from a basic, ancestral style. Bed bugs can live for a year without feeding, but [ they normally try to feed every five to ten days.Bed bugs can live for a year without feeding, but [ they normally try to feed every five to ten days.

5. Kissing Bugs

6. Also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs or triatomines.Also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs or triatomines. Share shelter with nesting vertebrates, from which they suck blood.Share shelter with nesting vertebrates, from which they suck blood. Triatomines undergo incomplete metamorphosis, with five nymph stages before turning into an adult with wings.Triatomines undergo incomplete metamorphosis, with five nymph stages before turning into an adult with wings. They aggregate in refuges during day and search for blood during night when the host is asleep and the air is cooler.They aggregate in refuges during day and search for blood during night when the host is asleep and the air is cooler.

7. Mosquitoes

8. Mosquitoes Males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain proteins and iron from a "blood meal" before she can produce eggs.Males typically feed on nectar and plant juices, the female needs to obtain proteins and iron from a "blood meal" before she can produce eggs. The antennae are important for detecting host odors as well as odors of breeding sites where females lay eggs.The antennae are important for detecting host odors as well as odors of breeding sites where females lay eggs. Prior to and during blood feeding, they inject anticoagulant saliva into the bodies of their source(s) of blood to prevent the female mosquito's proboscis from being clogged with blood clots.Prior to and during blood feeding, they inject anticoagulant saliva into the bodies of their source(s) of blood to prevent the female mosquito's proboscis from being clogged with blood clots. Mosquitoes are a vector agent that carries disease- causing viruses and parasites from person to person.Mosquitoes are a vector agent that carries disease- causing viruses and parasites from person to person.

9. Fleas

10. Fleas 1.5 to 3.3 mm long, agile, usually dark colored, wingless insects with tube-like mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of their hosts.1.5 to 3.3 mm long, agile, usually dark colored, wingless insects with tube-like mouth-parts adapted to feeding on the blood of their hosts. A flea can jump vertically up to 7 inches (18 cm) and horizontally up to 13 inches (33 cm). This is around 200 times their own body length.A flea can jump vertically up to 7 inches (18 cm) and horizontally up to 13 inches (33 cm). This is around 200 times their own body length. Completion of the life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight monthsCompletion of the life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight months Adult fleas cannot lay eggs without a blood meal, but may live for one year without feeding.Adult fleas cannot lay eggs without a blood meal, but may live for one year without feeding.

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