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Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite

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55 points gmays | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.262s | source
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anonymousiam ◴[22 Oct 24 04:07 UTC] No.41911096[source]▶
I spend most of my time in the western US, and the mosquitos there never bother me, but they do go after my wife and one of my two sons. Aside from being ravaged by a swarm of mosquitos in a Florida phone booth 40 years ago, I never had a problem. That is, until earlier this year when I spent two months in Hawaii. The mosquitos there were relentless and I always had itching bites no matter what brand of repellent, or how much I used.

This article mentions an observed preference to certain people by mosquitos, but it doesn't go into why. It seems to leave out geographical considerations, which I know from experience, are real.

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1. prawn ◴[22 Oct 24 04:26 UTC] No.41911193[source]▶
I hiked in the Wind River Range (Wyoming) in July and there were massive swarms of mosquitoes. They'd hang around and generally be annoying but I don't think a single one bit me; we were quite bemused. At home in Australia, one mosquito will absolutely bite and create a far greater annoyance.