12 Things That May Make You a Mosquito Magnet

Scientists are uncovering why some people appeal to mosquitos more than others.

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If mosquitoes always seem to find you first, it’s not bad luck—it’s chemistry. Scientists have spent the last decade figuring out exactly what makes some people mosquito bait and others practically invisible, and the answer has nothing to do with sweet blood.

While popular urban legends such as having “sweet blood” remain weakly supported, recent studies are shedding light on the specific signals mosquitoes use to choose their targets, and on what, if anything, you can do about it.

How Mosquitoes Find Humans

“They’re little vampires,” Jeff Riffell, a biologist and professor at the University of Washington, told The Epoch Times. Like vampires, mosquitoes don’t pick their victims at random.