1.Eyes:Mosquitoes use their eyes to locate their victims. research has shown that people wearing dark colour clothes like red, black, navy black etc are more likely to be easily located by the mosquitoes .
2. Blood type : people with blood group O are to twice attractive to mosquitoes than those with Type A. most of people produce blood group specific secretions mosquito can detetect.
3. carbon dioxide : carbon dioxide is attractive to mosquitoes .they can sense carbon dioxide from a distance over 150 feet away.so more carbon dioxide one exhales,more attractive he/she is to the mosquitoes .as we exhale carbon dioxide through nose therefore while sleeping or resting there is more carbon dioxide around our head region.no surprise often we hear buzzing sound mosquito offer in our ears.
4. Body heat and sweat: Mosquitoes can also detect heat of our body and sweat also. our sweat contains lactic acid, uric acid, ammonia and some other compounds. the mosquitoes can sniff these compounds . So sweaty peoples are likely to be more attractive for the mosquito. after strenous exercise we sweat more, our body emits more heat . in such state we are more likely to be attacked by the mosquito.
5.Type of bacteria on skin .In one study, humans were divided into those two groups. One group that was highly attractive to mosquitoes and other one with those who were not.The attractive ones had more of certain microbes on their skin than the unattractive ones.
6.pregnancy:One study revealed that pregnant women are twice as attractive to Anopheles mosquitoes as non-pregnant women.perhaps it was because women in late pregnancy exhaled 21 percent more volume of breath,hence more carbon dioxide than non-pregnant women. Moreover, abdomens of pregnant women are about 1.25 fahrenheit warmer than non pregnent women.
7.beer.researchers found that significantly more mosquitoes come close to our body after drinking a 12-ounce beer.it was due to increased ethanol content in sweat and skin temperature after drinking beer)
2. Blood type : people with blood group O are to twice attractive to mosquitoes than those with Type A. most of people produce blood group specific secretions mosquito can detetect.
3. carbon dioxide : carbon dioxide is attractive to mosquitoes .they can sense carbon dioxide from a distance over 150 feet away.so more carbon dioxide one exhales,more attractive he/she is to the mosquitoes .as we exhale carbon dioxide through nose therefore while sleeping or resting there is more carbon dioxide around our head region.no surprise often we hear buzzing sound mosquito offer in our ears.
4. Body heat and sweat: Mosquitoes can also detect heat of our body and sweat also. our sweat contains lactic acid, uric acid, ammonia and some other compounds. the mosquitoes can sniff these compounds . So sweaty peoples are likely to be more attractive for the mosquito. after strenous exercise we sweat more, our body emits more heat . in such state we are more likely to be attacked by the mosquito.
5.Type of bacteria on skin .In one study, humans were divided into those two groups. One group that was highly attractive to mosquitoes and other one with those who were not.The attractive ones had more of certain microbes on their skin than the unattractive ones.
6.pregnancy:One study revealed that pregnant women are twice as attractive to Anopheles mosquitoes as non-pregnant women.perhaps it was because women in late pregnancy exhaled 21 percent more volume of breath,hence more carbon dioxide than non-pregnant women. Moreover, abdomens of pregnant women are about 1.25 fahrenheit warmer than non pregnent women.
7.beer.researchers found that significantly more mosquitoes come close to our body after drinking a 12-ounce beer.it was due to increased ethanol content in sweat and skin temperature after drinking beer)
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