Triatoma spinolai is the only wild vector of Chagas disease in Chile. Ocassionally it has been found in human dwellings, and 11.4% of them are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. Survival of cohorts of T. spinolai in variable and tempera te environment ("refuge":24 ·2.68º C, 73 . 7 h) were studied in the present work...

