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title: "#Hematophagy Animals & Superpower Traits (7 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Specialized diet consisting of vertebrate blood, supported by anticoagulants that keep host blood flowing. Explore all 7 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
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# #Hematophagy Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Specialized diet consisting of vertebrate blood, supported by anticoagulants that keep host blood flowing.

- **Trait Category**: Behavior & Tactics
- **Species Count**: 7 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/hematophagy/)

## Species With #Hematophagy

- [Asian Tiger Mosquito](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-tiger-mosquito/) (*Aedes albopictus*)
  - **Superpower**: Drought-resistant eggs that, in European populations, pause through winter and survived a -10 °C cold spell
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Laurie Spiegel (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers)
- [Bed Bug](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bed-bug/) (*Cimex lectularius*)
  - **Superpower**: Survives for months without a blood meal, and injects an anesthetic and an anticoagulant when it bites
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Julee Cruise (Dream Pop & Shoegaze)
- [Deer Tick](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deer-tick/) (*Ixodes scapularis*)
  - **Superpower**: Ambushes a passing host, then feeds for days while its new, flexible outer shell helps it swell
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Warpaint (Dream Pop & Shoegaze)
- [European Medicinal Leech](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-medicinal-leech/) (*Hirudo medicinalis*)
  - **Superpower**: Anticoagulant saliva, and one blood meal that can last it 12 to 18 months
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened
  - **Soundtrack**: Lindsey Stirling (2010s Pop & Electropop)
- [Sea Lamprey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sea-lamprey/) (*Petromyzon marinus*)
  - **Superpower**: A jawless, sucker-like mouth ringed with small, sharp teeth that act as a rasp, plus a file-like tongue
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Boris (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone)
- [Tsetse Fly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tsetse-fly/) (*Glossina morsitans*)
  - **Superpower**: Feeds its young on "milk" from glands inside the mother
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Mala (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass)
- [Yellow Fever Mosquito](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellow-fever-mosquito/) (*Aedes aegypti*)
  - **Superpower**: Detects the left-handed or right-handed form of a chemical in mammal odour
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Johann Sebastian Bach (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber)

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