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Are you tasty to mosquitoes? Study offers clues into when and why they bite (phys.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

Empirical studies show that yes, yes I am.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

My wife must be extra tasty. I might get one bite for every 20 she gets. I also rarely react to any mosquito bite. Just a small bump if anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They also identify compounds in human sweat that increase biting behavior in mosquitoes as well as bitter compounds that suppress egg-laying and feeding behaviors...

Is that how anti-malarials like quinine work?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Who wants a g&t?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Tonic sodas are very popular where malaria is endemic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I only get bitten in Montana. My sister is from Java and she lives there and doesn't get bitten. When we went back to Indonesia a couple months ago she got eaten alive and I watched two mosquitoes bite me and die. So funny how our chemical makeups are so wildly different.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Your blood is poison to matin' bitches. Haha