. Control of household insects and related pests. Household pests; Insect pests. Size, adult: Size, adult: Triatoma Western Spotted Corsair, Rasahus thoracicus Stal. Triatoma bugs (known also as China bedbugs, cone-nose bugs, or kissing bugs) live exclusively on the blood of animals, including man. They frequently attack humans at night. Some people are sensitive to their bites, and may experi- ence intense itching, nausea, flushed face, palpitation of the heart, rapid breathing and pulse, and hives. The adult bugs vary from very light to dark brown and are from % to 1% inches long. They have
. Control of household insects and related pests. Household pests; Insect pests. Size, adult: Size, adult: Triatoma Western Spotted Corsair, Rasahus thoracicus Stal. Triatoma bugs (known also as China bedbugs, cone-nose bugs, or kissing bugs) live exclusively on the blood of animals, including man. They frequently attack humans at night. Some people are sensitive to their bites, and may experi- ence intense itching, nausea, flushed face, palpitation of the heart, rapid breathing and pulse, and hives. The adult bugs vary from very light to dark brown and are from % to 1% inches long. They have a long, narrow head with a slender, piercing beak which is bent beneath the head when not in use. The wings are folded back over the body and overlap at their tips, leaving a tri- angular area between the bases. The im- mature bugs do not have wings and are considerably smaller. The pests live in the nests of wood rats (Neotoma, pack rats, etc.), but also in- vade the beds of human beings. In Cali- fornia they sometimes are found flying to lights, and at such times they may fly into houses. Residents of foothill areas of central and southern California are most often troubled by these pests. These bugs have been found naturally infested with the microscopic parasite causing Chagas disease in man, but no human cases have been reported to date in California. A rather similar appearing insect in- cluded with the cone-nosed bugs is the western spotted corsair, Rasahus thora- cicus Stal. Its feeding habits are quite different from the Triatoma bugs, how- ever, as it feeds on other insects. It is frequently attracted to lights in warm areas of California and, if picked up or handled carelessly by man may inflict a painful bite; the effects of the bite are at least as severe as those of a bee sting. WHAT TO DO: Spray directly with a standard fl spray or an aerosol bomb to kill insect present. Residual lindane sprays prepared at described for fly control (pages 22, 23) will provide sev
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