why do mosquitoes seem to bite some people, but no other?

Answer 1

There are several factors that drives mosquitoes interest to a particular person. The harmones secreted from human bosy has particular smell, so for some people harmones are responsible for attarting the mosquitoes to them. Also the blood has a very imporatnt role, It has been found in research that person whose sugar level is high in their blood are more prone to be attacked by mosquitoes. Even you can experiment it yourself by sitting together with a person having high sugar level in mosquito prone areas, and you can view yourself as you would be least bitten by them while that person with high blood sugar will be attacked more number of times.While the human whose blood is normal are generally lesss bitten by them.
I have tried to answer your question as per best of my knowledge.

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Answer 2

Mosquitoes are insects that have been around for over 30 million years. And it seems that, during those millions of years, mosquitoes have been honing their skills so that they are now experts at finding people to bite. A mosquito has a battery of sensors designed to track their prey, including:

Chemical sensors - mosquitoes can sense carbon dioxide and lactic acid up to 100 feet (36 meters) away. Mammals and birds gives off these gases as part of their normal breathing. Certain chemicals in sweat also seem to attract mosquitoes (people who don't sweat much don't get nearly as many mosquito bites).
Visual sensors - if you are wearing clothing that contrasts with the background, and especially if you move while wearing that clothing, mosquitoes can see you and zero in on you. It's a good bet that anything moving is "alive", and therefore full of blood, so this is a good strategy.
Heat sensors - Mosquitoes can detect heat, so they can find warm-blooded mammals and birds very easily once they get close enough.
Something with this many sensors sounds more like a military aircraft than an insect. That's why mosquitoes are so good at finding and biting you! As we'll see later, one of the only ways to stop mosquitoes from finding you is to confuse their chemical receptors with something like DEET.

Answer 3

haha... isn't this the question many of us are asking ourselves. as one of the people that many times is the only one being eaten up by mosquitoes when everyone else around is perfectly fine without a single bite i had wondered for a long time. i've done much research on this topic and this is what i've found...
1. mosquitoes are atracted to the person that is emiting the most heat... this can be from
- physical activity (have you noticed mosquitoes are worse when you are sweating)
- darker skin (the darker or tanner a person is the more heat they trap in their skin - often the darkest person in a group is attacked by mosquitoes the worst)
- many of us don't realize but our body temperature is not exactly 98.6 °F, we never get our temperature past a 10th of a degree. the average person is somewhere between 98.61 and 98.69 (the people with a temperature even a hundredth of a degree high are much more likely to have mosquito problems)
2. SALT
- the more salt you have in your system the more mosquitoes are going to be attracted to you


Hopefully this answers your question,
Romeo

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

So many factors, someones are biten by mosquitoes but never notice, other ones have thin skin. Some have a high temperature at the body (remember that mosquitoes only can see the infrared spectrum). Etc.

Answer 6

Mosquitoes are attracted to bright colors, and variation in dress accounts for the largest part of the difference. But there is some evidence to suggest that certain individuals produce more of the trace chemicals in their sweat that the bugs use to home in on a target.

Answer 7

this is true, because mosquito detect highly rich bloods by skin color and condition, they go for the best. Mosquitos are ussualy huge pests, and if u use anti mosquito spray, its to make ur skin feel unhealthy and smelllly. also mosquitos see in a different spectrum,UV, and hence they may detect ur body heat and go for the most balanced

Answer 8

This phenomenon is not completely understood. Mosquitoes are attracted by the carbon dioxide that we - and other animals - exhale. They may also be attracted by various odors - perfume, perspiration, lactic acid, detergents - that combine in unique ways to make one victim more attractive than another as a meal. Because dark colors absorb heat and lighter colors tend to reflect heat, mosquitoes also tend to be more attracted to victims dressed in darker clothes.

Answer 9

I read all of these answers and I've come to believe that they are all right. I'm a smoker, I tan, I love to eat lots of sweets and this summer I got ate alive by mosquitoes. Yeah those b*tch*s loved my blood. Not as much swimming or outdoor activities next summer.

Answer 10

Some people eat garlic which is offensive to the little creatures.

Some people eat oranges before going outside. The acid in the orange rind is offensive to mosquitoes also.

Often it has to do with color of clothes you wear, and how sweaty you are.