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Images of bite site and feeding pool of one specimen at different moments during Ornithodoros rostratus blood feed. Movie shows 10 second videos of different moments of phase 1 and 2.

Physiological characterization of the hematophagy of Ornithodoros rostratus (Acari: Argasidae) on live hosts

Gabriel Cerqueira Alves Costa, Adriana Coelho Soares, Marcos Horácio Pereira, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo, Maurício Roberto Viana Sant'Anna, and Ricardo Nascimento Araujo

Journal of Experimental Biology 2016. 219:3656-3664; doi: 10.1242/jeb.144246

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