Talk:Hematophagy

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[edit] Assassin bugs

Assassin bug describes the feeding of assassin bugs as something different from hematophagy, and describes the bites of assassin bugs on humans in a way that sounds more like defense than feeding. Which is correct? Or is it both? Jon the Geek July 9, 2005 16:21 (UTC)

• There is a kind of assassin bug (see Triatominae which bites mammalian hosts for the sake of feeding on blood. Rsabbatini 9 July 2005.

[edit] note on maggots

http://www.sclero.org/medical/symptoms/skin/digital-ulcers.html quotes The Seattle Times 08/04/04 on "maggot debridement therapy".

I'm not logged in at the moment, and don't have time for a proper edit right now. I may edit the main article tonight.

[edit] 75% leeches

I tagged the bit about leeches because on the leeches page it says, "All leech species are carnivorous. Some are predatory, feeding on a variety of invertebrates such as worms, snails, insect larvae, crustaceans, while a very few are haemophagic."

The Man in Question 18:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)