Research from the entomological Laboratory of the University of Kentucky shows that most mosquitoes like sweets and beer lovers, followed by athletes. During exercise, a large amount of lactic acid will be released, and mosquitoes will be attracted by lactic acid. In addition, overweight people are also vulnerable to bites. Because they release more carbon dioxide, and mosquitoes can't miss it. Did you get caught in the above points?
Mosquitoes look for 'food' through carbon dioxide, heat and smell. A person with heavy body smell (sweat smell, foot odor, peculiar smell, etc.), more heat (too high body surface temperature) and more carbon dioxide will be easier to attract mosquitoes.
People who love sweets (most of them) are fat. Fat people are indeed more likely to attract mosquitoes than thin people to some extent. Fat people are easy to sweat, the smell of sweat is high, and they emit more calories, and so on. In other words, people who love sweets always eat a lot of sugar. When sugar decomposes, it will release a lot of calories, high body surface temperature, easy to sweat and so on.
'who do mosquitoes bite?' Just ask the people around you. The answers are really varied. That mosquitoes love to bite women's' sex don't say '; The 'blood group theory' that mosquitoes love to bite type O blood; Think that love stinging skin is smooth, white and tender 'skin is good or bad'; The 'sexy theory' of those with high secretion level of sex hormone; There is also the 'theory of sweet and bitter blood' of those who think they love to sting blood. So, which people will attract mosquitoes?
A drinker
Why do people have different 'attraction' to mosquitoes? This is mainly related to the different smell of human excreta and carbon dioxide excretion, and mosquitoes rely on the carbon dioxide excreted by human body to find attack targets. The increase of carbon dioxide emission after drinking can attract a large number of mosquitoes to smell and bite repeatedly.
People with large lung capacity, fat people and heavy breathing
After a lot of exercise or physical labor, people will exhale a lot of CO2. Carbon dioxide forms a moist and warm air flow about one meter away from us. Mosquitoes are more sensitive to this. The 'image' presented in the mosquito's field of vision is relatively clear, which is convenient for mosquitoes to track. Therefore, in a group, people with large lung capacity, fat people and heavy breathing are more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes.
People with developed sweat glands
People who like to sweat have increased acidity in their blood and are attractive to mosquitoes. In addition, there is a heat receiver in the antennae of mosquitoes. It is very sensitive to temperature. As long as there is a change in temperature difference, it can be detected immediately. Sweating people's body dissipates heat quickly and will also attract mosquitoes. The sweat discharged by the human body volatilizes in the air and can also send a 'signal' to mosquitoes. Therefore, people who sweat a lot and are prone to sweat are more likely to be attacked by mosquitoes. Mosquitoes love to bite people with rough skin and large pores, usually because they often have developed sweat glands or excrete more sweat and other secretions. Therefore, sometimes men provoke mosquitoes more than women and young people than the elderly.
Sexy people
This is related to the high level of sex hormone secretion, so as to conclude that 'mosquitoes like to bite sexy people'. In fact, this is because when women's endocrine changes, their metabolism accelerates, they tend to sweat more and stimulate and guide mosquitoes more. Before delivery, the exhalation volume of pregnant women is 21% greater than that of non pregnant women. The exhaled moist gas and carbon dioxide are quite attractive to mosquitoes. In addition, compared with non pregnant women, the abdominal temperature of pregnant women is 0.7 times higher, and the higher the body temperature, the more volatile substances on the skin surface.
People in dark clothes
Mosquitoes are afraid of light, but they don't like the light too dark. They like to suck blood in a weak light environment. During the day, when people wear dark clothes, the reflected light is darker, just what they like. In addition, mosquitoes like to bite people with higher body temperature, while dark clothes have strong heat absorption ability. Several factors add up, which naturally makes the mosquito trap index of dark clothes rise sharply. People often think that black clothes are the most attractive to mosquitoes. In fact, wearing dark twill jeans is the most vulnerable to mosquitoes.