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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) » Kissing Bugs (Triatominae) » Bloodsucking Conenoses (Triatoma) » Triatoma gerstaeckeri
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Conenose-which species? - Triatoma gerstaeckeri
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Conenose-which species? - Triatoma gerstaeckeri
New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, USA
June 24, 2014
Size: ~1.25" long
This bug came to our porch light last night. I know it is genus Triatoma, but am not sure which species it is. I would greatly appreciate any help with a species ID. Sorry about the crappy quality. The bug would not be still when I was trying to photograph it. Thanks in advance for any help!!!
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Contributed by bugsrock on 24 June, 2014 - 1:18pm
Last updated 5 July, 2014 - 11:40pm

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… bugsrock, 5 July, 2014 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

T. gerstaeckeri
Triatoma gerstaeckeri Adult. Difficult to tell sex based on the angle, but perhaps a female.

Check out this website for more info about kissing bugs and Chagas in Texas: http://vetmed.tamu.edu/faculty/hamer-lab/projects/chagas-disease-eco-epidemiology
… R Curtis, 5 July, 2014 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much!
That is the species I thought it was!
… bugsrock, 5 July, 2014 - 11:39pm login or register to post comments

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