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Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose - Triatoma sanguisuga
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose - Triatoma sanguisuga
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 13, 2004
Size: circa 20 mm
Found in the bay of a lighted car wash, quite feisty. Perhaps it was foraging for wounded insects? This is,the Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose, Triatoma sanguisuga, see comments. Chilled and posed. (They wake up from chilling quite rapidly.)

Size estimated. I do not believe I was able to get a photo next to a scale.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 23 July, 2004 - 3:46pm
Last updated 31 March, 2009 - 8:04am

Agreed
This is a Triatoma sanguisuga.
… George Waldren, 22 June, 2006 - 11:32pm

 
Thanks, references--added
Thanks, do you have any references or identification tips on this genus? I've seen checklists listing a couple of other species for this area, but no further information on keying.

Reference added to guide page:
Lent, (1979). Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae), and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 163, article 3. Available as a 158 megabyte PDF file, linked here.
… Cotinis, 23 June, 2006 - 10:22am

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