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gion of the body that has reduced nerves, fur, or is hard to reach (rarely the neck). Mosquitoes do not inject digestive enzymes or even toxins into the host (much different from predatory insects with similar feeding machinery), because these would alert the host to the parasite. The itch that we experience is actually an allergic reaction to the mosquito's saliva. Note that to our knowledge, no insects practice the hypnotic gaze of the vampire, but it is fun to imagine this scenario in play. • In the end, vampiric insects- or rather, the diseases they transmit- are far more (Continued on page 10)
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