membranes or breaks in the skin that person can get infected. The unexpectedly sleeping person may accidentally scratch or rub the feces into the bite wound, eyes, or mouth. Kissing bugs are nocturnal, blood-feeding insects that are members of the Reduviidae family of insects. Other reduviids can inflict a painful bite when disturbed that are similar in appearance feed on plants and other insects 2. What type of environment does the kissing bug inhabit? The bugs mostly found in houses made from mud