Help! Is This a Kissing Bug?
Apr 25, 2019 17:41:11 #
Hope I'm wrong but it sure looks like one. Bad news if it is because it was on my property. The last image is not very good but it's the only dorsal view I have.
Apr 25, 2019 17:50:48 #
Unless there are a million varieties, I found no images on the web (so far) that have the orange band behind the head. Doesn't look like a shield bug.
Apr 25, 2019 17:51:50 #
Hard to be certain but don't worry needlessly as they don't all carry Chagas disease... Here is some info from the CDC...
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/vectors/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/vectors/index.html
Apr 25, 2019 17:52:39 #
Longshadow wrote:
Unless there are a million varieties, I found no images on the web (so far) that have the orange band behind the head. Doesn't look like a shield bug.
Hope you are right. I noticed the band behind the head, too. It's the only thing I really see as an identifier.
Apr 25, 2019 17:53:57 #
kpmac wrote:
Hope you are right. I noticed the band behind the head, too. It's the only thing I really see as an identifier.
I also tried searching Google Pics using the last image, but nothing identifiable came up.
Any entomologists on the Hog?
Apr 25, 2019 18:00:50 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Hard to be certain but don't worry needlessly as they don't all carry Chagas disease... Here is some info from the CDC...
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/vectors/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/vectors/index.html
Thanks for the link, Scott.
Apr 25, 2019 18:01:37 #
Longshadow wrote:
I also tried searching Google Pics using the last image, but nothing identifiable came up.
Any entomologists on the Hog?
Any entomologists on the Hog?
I tried that, too. No luck so far. Thanks, Longshadow.
Apr 25, 2019 18:38:23 #
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Apr 25, 2019 19:50:57 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Hard to be certain but don't worry needlessly as they don't all carry Chagas disease... Here is some info from the CDC...
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/vectors/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/vectors/index.html
I've read that they're in the southeast, Ken, but like Scott says, they don't all carry Chagas. Still I wouldn't want them on my property.
Apr 25, 2019 20:23:25 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
I've read that they're in the southeast, Ken, but like Scott says, they don't all carry Chagas. Still I wouldn't want them on my property.
I am beginning to think it's something else, Donna. If it is, it's a nice looking bug which can stay around.
Apr 25, 2019 21:36:43 #
TBerwick
Loc: Houston, Texas
I haven't found any picture labeled as a kissing bug that has the orange line such as yours. One I found has a broken line but yours appears to be solid. If you get a chance, try to get a sharp side view of the head. All of the examples I found on a search have an elongated head & probiscus. Here's hoping yours aren't the real deal.
Apr 25, 2019 21:42:07 #
TBerwick wrote:
I haven't found any picture labeled as a kissing bug that has the orange line such as yours. One I found has a broken line but yours appears to be solid. If you get a chance, try to get a sharp side view of the head. All of the examples I found on a search have an elongated head & probiscus. Here's hoping yours aren't the real deal.
Thanks, TBerwick. I think I'm ok. Looks like it's not a Kissing Bug. I hope not.
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