[Crew]

Does anyone know if meds make the bugs find me the second I go outside?

Would be very interested in what people thought.

ThanksCrew

[roads]

not enuf garlic in your diet, crew

Could be. Wikipedia say mosquitoes use the keen sense of smell to detect prey. They seem to be adept at recognizing many chemical smells.
Also...only the females bite and suck your blood

Well neither mosquitoes nor gnats are considered 'bugs' through an entomological perspective – 'bugs' are insects in the order Hemiptera (have sucking mouthparts and semi-membraneous wings), while gnats and mosquitos are true flies in the order Diptera (one pair of wings and a pair of halters) and are of the primitive kind in the suborder Brachycera .

About the original question, mosquitos are selective about whom they suck blood from. Mosquitoes are equipped with excellent vision and the tools needed to sense humidity, carbon dioxide, heat, etc. Mosquitoes need vitamin B and cholesterol, and are attracted to the smells of lactic and uric acids. Other factors involved is excessive breathing, clothing colours, sweat, body size, etc. in determining if a mosquito wants to bite you .

Specific heart medications, blood pressure, high cholesterol, and cosmetics can attract mosquitoes .

Ask me any question you'd like on insects .

Originally Posted by George H.

Could be. Wikipedia say mosquitoes use the keen sense of smell to detect prey. They seem to be adept at recognizing many chemical smells.
Also...only the females bite and suck your blood

How correct you are! . However, smell is not the one sense mosquitoes have; they also have excellent vision as well as the ability to sense heat and humidity . Studies I read from the University of Florida have found that mosquitoes do not bite indiscriminately. A 300 pound individual wearing a black shirt will attract mosquitoes more so than what smaller individuals would that are wearing brighter colours. Also, those that breathe or sweat a lot will attract more mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can small carbon dioxide in a 70 foot radius! .

And the females are the biters . *Wants to insert joke about women*

Nope I would go there Mr V
Another thing I read is that mosquitoes tend to ignore side to side movement... so people that have trouble swatting them might want to try using that motion.

Don't listen to that...listen to this
I would not go there Mr V Obviously you didn't need that advice.../wipes brow

Originally Posted by George H.

Don't listen to that...listen to this
I would not go there Mr V Obviously you didn't need that advice.../wipes brow

I didn't think so! LOL .

…I love this forum .