A year later, researchers collected an additional 49 kissing bugs from inside and around the outside of the woman's home and found nearly half the bugs had fed on eight different humans. (scientificamerican.com)
During the night, insects called kissing bugs emerge by the hundreds from hiding places in people's mud and stick homes to bite their sleeping victims. (scientificamerican.com)
Although kissing bugs can bite any time of the year, they are most likely to bite in dry months of summer. (alternative-doctor.com)