Do haematophagous bugs assess skin surface temperature to detect blood vessels?
<h4>Background</h4>It is known that some blood-sucking insects have the ability to reach vessels under the host skin with their mouthparts to feed blood from inside them. However, the process by which they locate these vessels remains largely unknown. Less than 5% of the skin is occupied...
Main Authors: | Raquel A Ferreira, Claudio R Lazzari, Marcelo G Lorenzo, Marcos H Pereira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000932 |
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