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Eastern bloodsucking conenose

Triatoma sanguisuga

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Ruspes & goggas

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The eastern bloodsucking conenose is a winged insect that feeds on blood. It belongs to the group called kissing bugs and lives across North America and Latin America, especially in the southeastern United States. It matters because it can carry the parasite that causes Chagas disease.1

Leef in

North America and Latin America; common in the Southeastern United States, south of Pennsylvania, north to Ohio and Missouri, and west to Arizona1

Noord-Amerika

Tuis

It is found in the eastern United States and across Latin America. People meet it in homes, where it bites sleeping people, usually on the face around the mouth or eyes.1

Lengte

1,6 cm tot 2,1 cm (0,6 in tot 0,8 in)1

Topspoed

omtrent 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

Op land, rowwe skatting

Wat eet dit?

It feeds on the blood of mammals such as raccoons, rats, dogs, cats and humans. Tree frogs can also be a significant source of food.1

Foto van Eastern bloodsucking conenose — Eastern bloodsucking conenose. Foto: Justin Williams. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Hoe om dit te herken

Generally 16 to 21 mm long1
Black or dark brown, with six reddish-orange spots along each side of a wide abdomen1
Has wings1
Has kinked, six-segmented antennae and a slender, tapered proboscis used for feeding1

Gifkrag

Byte

Gif kom deur sy giftande of tande uit wanneer dit byt.

Hoe gevaarlik is dit vir mense?

Gevaar vir mense: PynlikDit kan regtig seermaak, maar dit is amper nooit ernstig nie.

Its bites are usually not particularly painful, but they are irritating. Bites can spread Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease. An estimated six to eight million people are currently infected, mainly in South America, with around 28,000 new cases each year. Documented cases in the United States are rare, with seven human infections from any Triatoma species reported in Texas, California, Tennessee and Louisiana.1

As dit byt

Vir ruspe-brandhare: lig hulle af met kleefband en was dan die vel. Moenie vryf nie.
Vir byte: was en koel af. Kry mediese hulp as die persoon sleg voel of maklik bloei.

Bel altyd eers jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911). Dit is algemene noodhulpraad, nie mediese advies nie. Noodhulp-basiese beginsels

Bly veilig

Moet nooit aan 'n wilde dier raak, dit vang of terg nie, selfs nie 'n kleintjie nie, en selfs nie as dit lyk of dit slaap of dood is nie.
Gee dit spasie. As jy een raakloop, bly kalm, stap stadig terug en laat dit sy eie pad gaan.
As een jou byt: bly kalm, bly stil, bel jou noodnommer (112, 000, 911) of kom vinnig by 'n hospitaal uit. Onthou hoe dit gelyk het, 'n foto help.

Dit is nie uit om jou te kry nie. Dit gebruik sy gif om kos te vang of om homself te beskerm, en kruip baie eerder weg. Meer oor veilig bly

Waar in die wêreld?

Afrika Asië Europa Noord-Amerika Suid-Amerika Australië & Oseanië

Hoe groot is dit?

Hoe lank is dit?

omtrent so lank soos 'n skuifspeld

Hoe groot is Eastern bloodsucking conenose in vergelyking met JOU?

Net wiskunde in jou blaaier. Niks word gestoor of enige plek heen gestuur nie.

Hoe vinnig is dit?

'n Skilpad omtrent 0,3 km/h (0,19 mph)

Eastern bloodsucking conenose omtrent 0,5 km/h (0,31 mph)

'n Mens wat loop omtrent 5 km/h (3,1 mph)

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Feite

It bites people in the face, usually around the mouth or eyes, most often while they are asleep.1

At one location in Louisiana, 40% of these bugs were found to carry Trypanosoma cruzi, and 38% of those had fed on humans.1

Annual new cases of Chagas disease fell from about 700,000 in 1990 to around 28,000 today.1

Mite-breker

Mite: A bite from this bug directly gives you Chagas disease.

Waarheid: Infection usually happens when the bug's faeces get into the bite site, for example when a sleeping person scratches or rubs their face. This species does not defecate while feeding, which makes transmission much less likely.1

Vir gifkenners

Wetenskaplike naam: Triatoma sanguisuga
Groep: Ruspes & goggas
Familie: Reduviidae2
Orde: Hemiptera
Kontinente: Noord-Amerika
Babas: The female typically lays eggs four to six days after a blood meal, and one female may lay hundreds of eggs in her lifetime. After hatching, the young bug feeds on blood and moults eight times before it becomes an adult.1
Gevaar vir mense: 2 / 5: Pynlik3

Waar die feite vandaan kom

Triatoma sanguisuga (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Triatoma sanguisuga (iNaturalist): name en klassifikasie.
Venom Wiki: die gevaarvlak, die tipiese grootte en die spoedskatting is ons eie. Kyk hoe ons dit uitwerk: Hoe ons gevaar gradeer.

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