Kissing Bugs look a little like me
But if you look close
I'm different than those -
My rostum is tucked under when I don't feed.
(Enlarge the second photo and look for the small area where you can see daylight [green] under the bug's head - that is where the rostrum is tucked under its body. If it were feeding, it would be pointed down.)
Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson
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