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Why Mosquitoes Seem to Always Find You

  • August 27, 2024

A recent study conducted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, shows that mosquitoes are significantly more effective at finding humans to bite when they can detect a combination of body heat, carbon dioxide, and human scent. The research revealed that these elements together double the insects' effectiveness in locating people, emphasizing the previously underdocumented importance of body heat in how mosquitoes track their targets. In the laboratory, researchers exposed female...