i was at a party, we were about 40 in total. I got 33 bites, they even bit through my jeans. When i asked only 4 of us were bitten? Is there a scent, fragrance or perfume that attracts tem?
2007-02-21 04:30:12 · 9 answers · asked by AMBER D 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
There are any number of cues that mosquitoes use to home in their prey (i.e. you).
Certain people just seem to be more attractive to the skeeters than others. This can be due to such things as wearing perfume, or diet, or even recent exercise (hot, sweaty people tend to offer a range of biting cues - from heat to more exhaled breath), or medications (I myself was frikkin eaten alive during one period I was taking antibiotics for a tooth infection), or even just genetic variations in body chemistry.
In addition, some people feel the bites more readily than others, so that they feel more bites than another person, even though both are actually feeding the same number of mosquitoes. I rarely even notice just a few bites any more, it usually takes several hundred simultaneous bites before it starts annoying me, since I get bit so often. So that could also be a factor.
Flowery scents, especially flowery perfumes (which are pretty much designed to create a scent plume) definitely do attract more mosquitoes. If you find you are being unduly attractive to skeeters, you might want to avoid wearing perfumes, or even switching soaps.
Repellents with DEET are quite effective at blocking the sense receptors mosquitoes use to detect their prey. Using bug sprays with DEET in them can greatly reduce the amount of bites you get. The percentage of DEET in a product more or less indicates how long it will work, rather than how effective it is. DEET formulations at about 40% are the longest lasting (lotions with higher amounts are available, but aren't any more effective, or last any longer). You might want to try one of those the next time you're at an outdoor event like that.
2007-02-21 04:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO... it must be your animal magnetism ..... lol,
Ouch
But seriously,
I've read that mosquitos are attracted by carbon dioxide. If you have a high metabolic rate, (which also means that you would be skinny) you might be generating much more carbon dioxide than the friends you were with, and so you attracted more mosquitos, therefore got more bites.
The other options that you suggested are also highly probable.
The solution? Next time, try using a mosquito repellant.
2007-02-21 04:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. you're taking like a tablespoon of baking soda and combine it with some drops of water, make it like a paste...then rub it directly to the bites. It cools them down and forestalls the itching for a quick mutually as.
2016-10-02 12:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The color of clothes you wear and what you eat can make a difference. Maybe you sweat a lot too. Then again it is only the female that bites you.
2007-02-21 04:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
amber you have a High PH level plus it's only the female that bits you they are the ones that need the blood to lay ther eggs the male is the bigger one they don't bit just the females plus female humans always have a higher PH level
2007-02-21 04:35:27 · answer #5 · answered by MrMike 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you're so sweet!
Actually, it is your smell that they respond to. They don't like smokers. You probably smell good to them.
2007-02-21 04:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by modulo_function 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they like sweet stuff and perfumes don;t where strong stuff outside
2007-02-21 04:46:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because you taste good and youe perfume smells good lol
2007-02-21 04:36:31 · answer #8 · answered by yup 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Must be your smell. And you probably taste yummy. :-)
2007-02-21 04:49:59 · answer #9 · answered by Samantha 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋