| 1 | The insect called the water boatman is two millimeters long. | |
| 2 | Dr Ohba has also photographed giant water bugs eating snakes in the past. | |
| 3 | And they found that assassin bug's vibes most closely matched some of those of prey. | |
| 4 | The triatomine bugs become infected by sucking the blood of an already contaminated animal or person. | |
| 5 | In Latin America, T. cruzi parasites are mainly transmitted by the infected faeces of blood-sucking triatomine bugs. |