thermoception

It then likely uses thermoception to identify a warm spot on the skin to bite.

The warming thermoception is achieved on the contact with skin or by natural body moisture.

Thermoception or thermoreception is the sense by which an organism perceives temperatures.

For example, a thermographic camera allow us to have a visual sensation of the temperature, which is atypical thermoception.

The blood sucking bugs Triatoma infestans may also have a specialised thermoception organ.

Other senses that have been well-accepted in most mammals, including humans, include nociception, equilibrioception, kinaesthesia, and thermoception.

Taste, smell and thermoception sensations in hypnagogia have all been reported, as well as touch sensations (including those kinds classed as paraesthesia or formication).

A particularly specialized form of thermoception is used by Crotalinae (pit viper) and Boidae (boa) snakes, which can effectively see the infrared radiation emitted by hot objects.

Thermography by definition is by means of an instrument (artifact), but some living creatures have natural organs that function as counterparts to bolometers, and thus possess a crude type of thermal imaging capability (thermoception).

Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing respectively, while more complex devices can also cut off the sense of smell, touch, taste, thermoception (heat-sense), and 'gravity'.

It could also reduce nociception, thermoception, and crude touch, but, since information from the spinothalamic tract is interpreted mainly by other areas of the brain (see insular cortex and cingulate gyrus), it is not as relevant as the other symptoms.