Kissing Bug Ohio

Look Closely: Kissing Bug Look-Alikes
Wheel Bug
boggs.47@osu.edu Thu, 09/18/2025 - 18:19
The BYGL Alert posted this past Tuesday on our native Ohio Kissing Bug, Triatoma sanguisuga (family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae), known as the bloodsucking conenose, is generating reports based on mistaken identities.
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The Ohio Kissing Bug Conundrum
Kissing Bug
boggs.47@osu.edu Tue, 09/16/2025 - 19:12
This Alert is being posted because of the number of pictures and specimens I’ve recently received of adult kissing bugs being found in Ohio homes. The kissing bugs are native to Ohio and are called the bloodsucking conenose.
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Joe Boggs

An Ohio Kissing Bug

Bloodsucking Conenose
The native kissing bug nymph (immature) shown in the lead photograph for this BYGL Alert was given to me last week by a couple who live in eastern Hamilton County, OH. The nymph was collected inside their home. The scientific name for the bug is Triatoma sanguisuga.
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Joe Boggs

A Kissing Bug in Ohio: Don’t Panic!

Bloodsucking Conenose
This past week, the Kissing Bug Triatoma sanguisuga was identified from images sent to OSU Entomology from a resident in Warren County and to OSU Extension, Butler County, from a resident in that county. This kissing bug was given the approved common name of Bloodsucking Conenose by the Entomological Society of America (ESA).
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Joe Boggs
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