1. a tame animal kept in a household for companionship, amusement, etc. 2. a person who is fondly indulged; favourite: teacher's pet. adj. 3. kept as a pet: a pet dog. 4. of or for pet animals: pet food. 5. particularly cherished; favourite: a pet theory; a pet hatred. 6. familiar or affectionate: a pet name. 7. pet day Scot and Irish a single fine day during a period of bad weather.
As the weather cools down, a creature called the Kissing Bug may try to sneak into your warm home. The parasites are called Kissing Bugs because they are attracted to the Carbon Dioxide people breathe out and often bite near the mouth.f you have pack rats in your yard, and they're making a nest there, it's a possibility because the bugs will be in the nest and if they're close to the house then the kissing bugs, if it's cool out like now, then the kissing bugs will find a way and they'll go in..
The members of Triatominae /traÉª.ÉËtÉmáµ»niË/, a subfamily of Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs, or vampire bugs. Other local names for them used in the Latin Americas include barbeiros, vinchucas, pitos and chinches. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily are haematophagous, i.e. feeds on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on other invertebrates (Sandoval et al. 2000, 2004). They are mainly found and widespread in the Americas, with a few species present in Asia, Africa, and Australia. These bugs usually share shelter with nesting vertebrates, from which they suck blood.