This species becomes especially active late at night when in search of a blood meal.

"They are more likely to take a blood meal for five to 10 minutes and leave."

We feed them a blood meal every two or three years, and they are still around.

The female's single large blood meal is converted into a batch of 2000 eggs.

Each blood meal is converted to a small batch of eggs.

The insects need time to digest the blood meal before moving on.

Some research suggests that the source of a blood meal can be determined up to two months post feeding.

Females live for three to four weeks and may lay about 100 to 200 eggs per blood meal.

Rather, they fly to a resting place to digest the blood meal.

Instead, they leave the forest and take most blood meals in open areas.