Talk:Hematophagy
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A fact from Hematophagy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 11 July 2005. The text of the entry was as follows: "Did you know
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[edit] Assassin bugs
Assassin bug describes the feeding of assassin bugs as something different from hematophagy, and describes the bites of assassin bugs on humans in a way that sounds more like defense than feeding. Which is correct? Or is it both? Jon the Geek July 9, 2005 16:21 (UTC)
- There is a kind of assassin bug (see Triatominae which bites mammalian hosts for the sake of feeding on blood. Rsabbatini 9 July 2005.
[edit] note on maggots
http://www.sclero.org/medical/symptoms/skin/digital-ulcers.html quotes The Seattle Times 08/04/04 on "maggot debridement therapy".
I'm not logged in at the moment, and don't have time for a proper edit right now. I may edit the main article tonight.
[edit] 75% leeches
I tagged the bit about leeches because on the leeches page it says, "All leech species are carnivorous. Some are predatory, feeding on a variety of invertebrates such as worms, snails, insect larvae, crustaceans, while a very few are haemophagic."
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- The Man in Question 18:10, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Convoluted
Certain sections of the article are difficult to understand, I think they would benefit from a rewrite or reorganisation.
80.192.82.22 (talk) 21:58, 17 July 2010 (UTC)Cal
[edit] Blood sucking from vases?
Under the "Mechanism and evolution" section, it reads: 'blood is acquired either by sucking action directly from the vases'. Blood from vases? Huh? Maybe it's meant to be veins? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.236.88 (talk) 02:45, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
