Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...
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Daniel Heuclin / Vinchuca (Triatoma infestans) walking across human skin. The bug is a blood feeder, and vector of Chagas disease. Controlled conditions. Bolivia, April.
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Bloodsucker (Calotes versicolor) Oman, November
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Nick Upton / Duck Leech (Theromyzon tessulatum) waiting and ready to crawl up the nostrils of a duck to suck blood from its respiratory tracts, reaching out from a Delicate stonewort (Chara virgata) alga in a shal...
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Shibai Xiao / Burmese false blood sucker (Calotes microlepis) resting in forest branch, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Island, China.
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Nigel Cattlin / Wild Sea carrot (Daucus carota subsp. gummifer), flowering on cliffs in South Devon, England, UK. July
