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WhyFlip ,

Mosquitoes general feast on dweeb lords.

klemptor ,
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maniii ,

Several factors.

  1. Genetic trait that attracts mosquitoes and biting insects.
  2. Dietary sugars including no-sugar supplements.
  3. BO and FO as well as high metabolism that produces significantly higher body temps and CO2 volume in breath.

BO = Body odour. FO = Foot odour.

massive_bereavement ,

Mosquitoes find their prey using three senses:
First by CO2, as mammals will be releasing it in big quantities (though they also bite reptiles).
Second, by body smell, which as others here have mentioned, diet and genetics may dictate how it is affected.
Third by shape (that's when they are already there) and are trying to figure out where to stick it.

The first one is hard to fix, so for the second I'll recommend icaridin or, if not available DEET, and in gel form not spray. DEET can be a skin irritant, hence why is less preferred.

Spray though is sometimes used when applying it to clothing, as it also may have your smell attached to it.

For the third one, I haven't seen conclusive data but a lot of observational studies: from wearing light-colored ample clothing that doesn't define the limbs to (I guess) wearing stripes like a zebra.

Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7945690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173961/
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-mosquitoes-detect-people
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22333-7
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/the-chemistry-of-mosquito-attraction

And a lifetime in humid climates like the Bayou.

xilliah ,

Do you have any experience using some kind of zapper or lamp or some other tool?

Deconceptualist ,

Some insects are attracted to light sources, but not mosquitos. They seek out the things our bayou friend already mentioned.

xilliah ,

Isn’t there something that emits co2 and then zaps them?

I guess I should just get a net and a hand held zapper?

Sadbutdru ,

I’ve definitely heard there’s a genetic element where some people just smell or taste yummy to them. I don’t have any research or anything tho. From personal experience, I think I get bitten more if I’m eating much sugar, or drinking alcohol, possibly because of a slightly higher body surface temp, or smell/taste different with more blood sugar.

DesolateMood ,

I remember hearing a story where the person was going hiking or camping or something with their family. Everyone was getting bitten by mosquitos, except for the mother who had recently gone through chemo and was left completely untouched the whole time

daddyjones ,
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I was once told by a doctor that everyone gets bitten about the same amount, but some people just don’t get a reaction.

KeefChief13 ,

What I heard

Skylla ,

Veritassium did a quit good video on this here

MelonYellow , (edited )
@MelonYellow@lemmy.ca avatar

Anecdotal, but I think there’s some kind of immunity component. My parents grew up in a mosquito infested country. When we visited said country, us kids were bitten up while my parents were fine. If it was genetics, you think it would’ve been passed on to us. The locals commonly joked that mosquitos like “new blood.” You could see tourists with itchy red bite reactions while the locals were fine.

ving_thor , (edited )

Are you blood group O? Mosquitoes seem to have a preference for certain blood types, specifically group O.

Seems like the paper was missinterpreted by a news article and by myself.

source

massive_bereavement , (edited )

(P<0.05; 0.00) seems incidental with the study size and honestly I can't see how could they smell the blood type.

(I'm not saying they can't, I'm saying I would like to know how.)

I'm saying it may be incidental because the paper doesn't define if the population from where mosquitoes fed had a higher or lower O-type density, nor their distribution.

imaqtpie ,
@imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works avatar

This guy mosquitoes.

ving_thor ,

Yes, you’re absolutely right.

I read the claim about the correlation between mosquito bites and blood type in a news article where this paper was linked as the source. This teaches me (again) to not blindly trust any news articles without verifying the information.

Thanks for pointing it out.

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