Every summer without fail i get bitten to pieces by these pests.What am i doing wrong if anything.I dont live in the countryside,actually live in Manchester UK.
2006-06-30 18:08:44 · 9 answers · asked by terry 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I think you are right about this. I think it might be related to diet and natural body chemistry. When I first moved to Japan I NEVER got bit by anything. And dragonflies and butterflies would fly up and just land on me like I was a tree or something.
After I was there a few years I realized that I was starting to get as many mosquito bites as everybody else, and the dragon flies didn't come visit anymore either.
2006-06-30 18:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by quietfive 5 · 9⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it is true or not, but I have been told that it has to do with a person's blood type. Supposedly, insects are attracted to certain blood types (although I don't know how that could be). My husband and my son do not seem to attract insects at all; but, I think I must have an invisible target painted on my butt (or arms, or legs, etc - HA!).
I have also heard that insects are attracted to people that are wearing perfume, cologne, aftershave, scented deodorants, etc.
Whatever the deal is, I think that those of us that are cursed by the Bug Gods are just stuck and will always be a target of insects.
Good Luck!
2006-06-30 18:17:50 · answer #2 · answered by lhart46 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4. Why do some people get more mosquito bites than others?
Female mosquitoes use the carbon dioxide we exhale when we breathe as a primary clue to our location. From 100 feet (30 meters), mosquitoes can smell human scent, especially the carbon dioxide. They follow the scent upwind and can see people at about 30 feet (10 meters). They don't see very well; at 30 feet they have trouble distinguishing people from other objects of similar size and shape, such as tree stumps, large containers, etc. When they get within 10 feet, they can sense body heat. They use thermal receptors on the tip of their antennae to locate places to bite where blood is near the surface of the skin. The receptor range increases threefold when the humidity is high.
Once the mosquito lands, it uses a number of short-range attractants to determine if it can get an acceptable meal. Folic acid is a chemical that appears to be particularly important. Fragrances from hair spray, perfumes, deodorants and soaps can cover chemical cues, to either attract or repel the mosquito. Dark colors capture heat and make most people more attractive to mosquitoes; light colors refract heat and are generally less attractive. Detergents, fabric softeners, perfumes and body odor can counteract the effects of color.
Generally, there are too many possible factors to predict why one person may be more attractive than another.
2006-06-30 18:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by TMH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the friggin insect know if you don't like them or if you are indifferent. Take me for example, Spiders drive me crazy, and they scare the hell out of me. People go their whole lives without getting bit by one of them. Not me, oh no, it has become an annual event for me, and there was one time that it was quite serious. when they see me, they seem to be sounding the trumpet to charge, no kidding.
Now mosquitoes on the other hand, they don't like my flavor apparently, and others I know get eaten alive. Seriously, I do think that it has alot to do with ones diet and the amount of garlic they consume. I do use a lot of fresh garlic, but I am not sure that is why skeeters don't lite.
Why don't you just bite them back.
2006-06-30 18:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by lisa l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually related to the sweetness of the blood. went to africa a while ago and for the first 2 weeks didn't get bitten and then after this time started to get home sick so started eatiing sweets and smoking more and got bitten lots! stay off sugar and sweet foods plus those with artifcial stuff in them and you should be better.
2006-07-01 11:44:28 · answer #5 · answered by tilly1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm.. i don't really know either. My son & Husband both get really bad insect bites just being outside for a little bit. I on the other hand rarely get them. Only when they are starving they will come and bite me.
2006-06-30 20:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by Mrs J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well the insects aren't picking. it has to do with how much u sweat and if u use a sweet lotion or sweet smelling soap. bananas will make it worse too.
2006-06-30 18:13:48 · answer #7 · answered by Missy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos they r more attractive (to insects too), and they taste sweeter too :)
2006-06-30 18:12:51 · answer #8 · answered by ankur_ak2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell me about it.
2006-06-30 21:18:10 · answer #9 · answered by lady_di_ar125 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋