2006-12-24 02:53:02 · 4 answers · asked by eco 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I'll split this up into too parts. 1: why are they around your head and 2: why 5-6pm
Someone already said it, but the reason mosquitoes hang out around your head is because they find blood by smelling the CO2 that we and other animals exhale. Since your mouth is on your head, and it is where the carbon dioxide is coming from, that's where they hang out.
The reason they come out from 5-6 is because that is when they have the smallest number of predators. Around dusk the daylight animals are settling down and the nocturnal animals are just waking up. Basically, at 5-6 there are much fewer birds or bats that would eat them than any other time. Also, since day animals are settling down, they're much easier to get when they're laying down and not moving (mosquitoes are slow).
I hope that helped.
2006-12-27 10:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by George B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They're just getting off work and they wanna party. And they are attracted to the carbon dioxide that you exhale. I really don't know about the whole time of day issue, unless you sleep in an obscenely long time.(?)
2006-12-24 03:12:10 · answer #2 · answered by angrycelt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Feeding time for the little "buggers." Females must have a blood meal before laying fertile eggs. They swarm late in the day and your sweat attracts them.
2006-12-27 18:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by Donald W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dusk is their most agressive feeding time.
2006-12-24 03:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by wwtpo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋