Blood-sucking bugs are constantly appearing in people's homes

On the morning of September 2, Quy Nhon Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Insects (Ministry of Health) received more stinking bugs from the family of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kim Lien - in teams 42, KV 8, Ward Hai Port, City Quy Nhon to continue research. This is the third stink bug within a week of Ms. Lien's mother and daughter discovered and arrested at home.

Before that, at 20:45 'on the evening of September 1, while the whole family was watching TV, Mrs. Lien discovered that there was a blood-sucking bug that flew around and landed on the floor. In two evenings on August 26 and 27, Ms. Lien and her daughter caught 2 stink bug bugs in the middle of the house.

A stink bug sucks human blood

All 3 stink bugs that Lien's mother and daughter caught were of the same shape, the same size and like the blood-sucking bugs that had been discovered and caught in Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City . Stink bugs This has 3 pairs of legs, long, hard and pointed nozzle, behind the thin wing on the back, there are horizontal lines of yellow brown, the belly is flat and big, the abdomen has 5 yellow edges, the whole body is dark brown .

'Actually, our family is very worried because of why the bugs are so continuous. The day before the staff of the Institute of Malaria - Parasites - Insects Quy Nhon also went down to investigate and found nothing, now the bugs again appeared . ' - Ms. Lien said.

Before that, on the evening of August 29, two officials of the Insect Department, Institute of Malaria - Parasites - Insects Quy Nhon went to Mrs. Lien's house for a preliminary investigation, to grasp the information about blood-sucking bugs that appeared continuously. .

However, despite being meticulously provided by the family and directly inspecting many places of the house, officials of the Insect Department, Institute of Malaria - Parasites - Insects Quy Nhon have not found anything.

When receiving the stink bug that Ms. Lien caught last night, Master Ho Viet Hieu - researcher of Insect Department, Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Insects Quy Nhon, affirmed: 'All three bugs were Ms. Lien's house caught the same blood-sucking bug that caused drowsiness, however all three stink bugs were hungry and blood-sucking.

This is a kind of stink bug originating from Central - South America migrating to Asia and our country by tourist route. This type of bug has a very long life of 1-2 years, especially for 20 days without giving anything to eat or drink, it can still live. In addition to sucking human blood, this bug can suck blood in any animal it can access such as dogs, cats, mice . When hungry, it can also suck water from ripe fruits. to live . '.