The triatomine likes the nests of vertebrate animals for shelter, where it bites and sucks blood for food. Individual triatomines infected with protozoa from other contact with animals transmit trypanosomes when the triatomine deposits its faeces on the host's skin surface and then bites.
The triatomine prefers the nests of vertebrate animals as shelter, where it bites and feeds on blood. Triatomines infected by protozoa from other contacts transmit trypanosomes when they deposit their feces on a host's skin surface and bite again.