Insects that eat people

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Insect uses

  • Chinese food

  • Chinese medicine

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Insects that eat humans

  • Psocodea - True Lice

  • Hemiptera - Bed Bug

  • Hemiptera - Kissing bugs

  • Dermaptera - Parasitic Earwigs

  • Coleoptera - Nest parasites of bees and wasps

  • Neuroptera - Spongilla Fly

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Pscoodea disease

Ricketttsial disease

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Kissing bug disease

Chagas (via Trypanosome)

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Sandflies disease

Leishmaniasis

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What makes a good vector

  • Piercing sucking mouthparts

  • Takes in host body fluids

  • Salivates as it feeds

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What do pathogens need

  • Access to inside of host

  • Transmission via mouthparts

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What parasites make good vectors

  1. Flies

  2. Kissing Bugs

  3. Ticks

  4. Fleas

  5. Lice

  6. Mites