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Yikes Another Disease-Carrying Bug!
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:58 pm
by dlh
My exterminator came by to spray my house today. He wanted to show me a bug he found on my back porch.
Had seen these bugs around but never gave them much though---turns out they can carry a nasty disease---the Assassin or Kissing Bug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae
So I can now add these pests to my list of scorpions, ticks carrying lyme disease, brown recluse spiders, black widow spiders, blister bugs, and other nasty creatures.
Re: Yikes Another Disease-Carrying Bug!
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:03 pm
by Grundy1133
those look a lot like stink bugs... i think its best to just avoid the outdoors during spring/summer/fall months. ooh and during the winter! flu season is the worst
Re: Yikes Another Disease-Carrying Bug!
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:22 am
by crazy2medic
dlh wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:58 pm
My exterminator came by to spray my house today. He wanted to show me a bug he found on my back porch.
Had seen these bugs around but never gave them much though---turns out they can carry a nasty disease---the Assassin or Kissing Bug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae
So I can now add these pests to my list of scorpions, ticks carrying lyme disease, brown recluse spiders, black widow spiders, blister bugs, and other nasty creatures.
You left out Hobo spiders!
Re: Yikes Another Disease-Carrying Bug!
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:45 am
by Maxwell
crazy2medic wrote: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:22 am
dlh wrote: Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:58 pm
My exterminator came by to spray my house today. He wanted to show me a bug he found on my back porch.
Had seen these bugs around but never gave them much though---turns out they can carry a nasty disease---the Assassin or Kissing Bug:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triatominae
So I can now add these pests to my list of scorpions, ticks carrying lyme disease, brown recluse spiders, black widow spiders, blister bugs, and other nasty creatures.
You left out Hobo spiders!
and snakes...
Re: Yikes Another Disease-Carrying Bug!
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:15 am
by K.Mooneyham
Assassin bugs...yep, spent my teen years in the South Texas Brush Country, they were a serious nuisance. Their bite leaves a large welt that itches like crazy. And, despite their size, they can walk on you while you sleep and you'll never feel them. In addition, their shape allows them to fit through small crevices and cracks. Nasty critters, no doubt.