Well-known bloodsucking mosquitoes. Female mosquitoes bite, not males. Sweeteners help both sexes. Manly! Eggs need blood proteins and lipids.
Mosquito
Fleas can double their size. Vampires switch hosts. Even birds can acquire fleas. Narrow, flattenable. Burrowing through fur and feathers helps them consume blood.
Fleas
Espanola Angry mockingbirds. Hood mockingbirds devour hawk-killed seabird eggs. They don't kill animals for blood but sip from wounds. Affects bird and sea lion wounds.
Hood Mockingbird
Sleeping horses, pigs, and cattle are vampire bat food. Night hunters can bleed for 30 minutes. They slit their tongues with their teeth and sip blood.
Vampire Bats
Ticks are one-eighth to five-eighths of an inch long and increase when they feed. They consume blood from birds, canines, reptiles, and humans. They exclusively eat blood.
Ticks
Bed bugs are a worldwide problem that humans have recognised for thousands of years. They exclusively eat blood. Their teeth can cut through skin, causing redness, swelling, and itching.
Bed Bugs
The male vampire moth consumes vertebrate blood. They're in Malaysia, the Urals, southern and northern Europe. Rocking their proboscis punctures animal skin.
Vampire Moth
The male vampire moth consumes vertebrate blood. They're in Malaysia, the Urals, southern and northern Europe. Rocking their proboscis punctures animal skin.