Haematophagous insect

An insect that feeds on the blood of a vertebrate host. Examples include mosquitoes (Culicidae), sand flies (Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia), and certain midges (Ceratopogonidae). Their blood meals can carry forensically useful host DNA.

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Haematophagous insect

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