MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What makes mosquitos bite us?

A hand from a mosquito bite. Mosquito drinks blood on the arm.

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What makes mosquitos bite us?

It’s summertime which means it’s also feeding season for mosquitos. But what makes a mosquito want to bit us humans anyway?

There are a few interesting factors that attract these summer pain in the neck’s to certain people. First is that mosquitoes like biting people with type O blood more than any other blood type.  So if you’re type O… watch out. Some other things to keep in mind that they’re attracted to are sweat, having alcohol in your bloodstream, being pregnant, and oddly… wearing black, dark blue, or red.

Can someone pass the bug spray and citronella candles?

 

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