Kissing Bugs Can Be Deadly!
The Kissing bug, aka: Conenose bug or Mexican Bedbug is a member of the Triatoma species, whatever that is. The important point is that they are blood suckers and sneak under your pillow at night and wait for you to fall asleep. They then creep up on your lips, anesthetize them and begin their dirty work. As the season for opening your windows begins, I thought I would post a word of caution about the conenose bug. They are most active during the months of May and June. They co-habitate with packrats, so get rid of your middens. The worst of it all is that they can carry a disease called Chagas Disease, caused by a parasite, which can kill you. Read More
It takes one to two years for a kissing bug to grow from egg to adult, morphing through 5 phases, from teeny tiny to about and inch or so.