Ron, If you can catch the thing, here is what you need to know.
Mail the package to: Dr. Kristy Orsburn Murray 6118 Lymbar Dr. Houston, TX 77096 Send her an email at kmur...@bcm.edu<mailto:kmur...@bcm.edu> and let her know it's coming. Place the bug in a zip lock bag in a hard box (Turn a small UPS priority mail box inside out and write her address on the box. Let her know where you caught the bug (house, outbuilding, garden, yard, porch, etc) Address where the bug was caught or GPS location. Time and Date: Include your name, email, and address and hopefully, she can send you the results. That's it. Geary From: Ron R [mailto:rcrutherf...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:40 AM To: Texas Cavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] FW: Study of kissing bugs for Chagus parasites in Texas. Will Chagas make you old and fat? I always thought it was "Sitting in front of the computer-idus", but maybe it is Chagas! I had a Reduviidae crawing up my leg yesterday. We are all doomed! On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Gill Edigar <gi...@att.net<mailto:gi...@att.net>> wrote: Scientific name Reduviidae, also called Assassin Bug, Blood Suckers, and a few other things. Traditionally the South Texas/Northern Mexico varieties did not carry Chagas. With many more human vectors these days the odds are good that the disease could have been transported here by now. --Ediger -- Ron Rutherford
