My wife must be extra tasty. I might get one bite for every 20 she gets. I also rarely react to any mosquito bite. Just a small bump if anything.
Are you tasty to mosquitoes? Study offers clues into when and why they bite
Submitted 6 months ago by Cenotaph@mander.xyz to science@mander.xyz
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-tasty-mosquitoes-clues.html
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The_v@lemmy.world 6 months ago
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They also identify compounds in human sweat that increase biting behavior in mosquitoes as well as bitter compounds that suppress egg-laying and feeding behaviors…
Is that how anti-malarials like quinine work?
Pulptastic@midwest.social 6 months ago
Who wants a g&t?
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Tonic sodas are very popular where malaria is endemic.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I only get bitten in Montana. My sister is from Java and she lives there and doesn’t get bitten. When we went back to Indonesia a couple months ago she got eaten alive and I watched two mosquitoes bite me and die. So funny how our chemical makeups are so wildly different.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Your blood is poison to matin’ bitches. Haha
TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Empirical studies show that yes, yes I am.