Some bugs sting, bite, or even carry disease. Learn to recognize dangerous and poisonous bugs and how to keep yourself and your family safe.

Keep a record of when bites appear, where they're located on your body, and any accompanying symptoms to help identify ...

This formal support has been provided for the identification of triatomines from photos, using absolute size measurements 35, remote supervision during insect collection and identification by citizen ...

MAIN CONCLUSIONS Expert range maps are not a perfect account of species distributions and may degrade in their ability to accurately convey distribution knowledge under future climates. We identify ...

Kissing bug is a nickname. "Triatomine bugs, commonly known as kissing bugs, are the major vector of American trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Chagas disease," Dr. Nguyen says.

When "kissing" bugs give you a smooch (actually a blood-sucking bite that people sometimes don't even feel), their buss can mean much more than some summer lovin'.

A kissing bug found in New Castle County in July 2023 was infected with a parasite that cause fatal Chagas disease, UD researchers discovered.

University of Delaware entomologists are investigating the discovery of kissing bugs in the northern part of the state. While common in the Mid-Atlantic, the bug carries a parasitic infection ...

Jennifer K. Peterson, University of Delaware assistant professor and medical entomologist, is studying the kissing bug in Delaware over the summer in a study funded by Delaware INBRE. She is setting ...