Blood‎-sucking insects transmit many of the most debilitating diseases to man including malaria‎,‎ sleeping sickness‎,‎ filariasis‎,‎ dengue‎,‎ typhus and plague‎.‎ Additionally these insects cause major economic losses in agriculture by direct damage to livestock‎.‎ This new edition of The Biology of Blood‎-Sucking in Insects has been fully updated since it was first published in 1991‎.‎ It provides a unique‎,‎ topic‎-led commentary on the biological aspects that are common to blood‎-sucking insects‎.‎ This account focuses on the biological adaptations that clearly suit the blood‎-sucking habit and further discusses host‎-insect interactions and the transmission of parasites by blood‎-sucking insects‎.‎ It also outlines the medical‎,‎ social and economic impact of blood‎-sucking insects‎.‎ The final chapter is designed as a useful quick‎-reference section‎.‎ Written in a clear‎,‎ concise fashion and well illustrated throughout‎,‎ the text will be of direct interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of medical and veterinary entomology and parasitology‎.‎