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Detected...see The Reason A Mosquito Bites Even In The Dark by HAKKINS(f): 10:50pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
Mosquitoes use a triple threat of visual,
olfactory, and thermal cues to home in
on their human targets, a new Caltech
study suggests.
Photo credit: iStock
Are you dousing your skin with bug
repellents and lighting citronella candles
to keep mosquitoes away? These efforts
may keep them at bay for a while, but no
solution is perfect because mosquitoes
have evolved to use a triple threat of
visual, olfactory, and thermal cues to
home in on their human targets, a new
Caltech study suggests.
The study appears in the July 17 online
version of the journal Current Biology.
When an adult female mosquito needs a
blood meal to feed her young, she
searches for a host — often a human.
Many insects, mosquitoes included, are
attracted by the odor of the carbon
dioxide (CO2) gas that humans and other
animals naturally exhale. However,
mosquitoes can also pick up other cues
that signal a human is nearby. They use
their vision to spot a host and thermal
sensory information to detect body hea |
Re: Detected...see The Reason A Mosquito Bites Even In The Dark by ipobarecriminals: 11:03pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
odor or not, mosq wey go suck ur blood go do. 2 Likes |
Re: Detected...see The Reason A Mosquito Bites Even In The Dark by Ever8054: 11:17pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
op I beg I am having malaria right now,cutesy of mosquito I don't want to here about them pls. .. 1 Like |
Re: Detected...see The Reason A Mosquito Bites Even In The Dark by MasterKim: 11:46pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
Chai! I don suffer. My integrated science teacher for junior sch talk say mosquitos wey dey sing for night no dey drink blood say dem be male and na leaf dem dey chop. He talk say na only d black and white female dey chop pesin. Na so I gallant, if mosquito make noise for my ear, I go smile say e no fit chop me. If I see am for my body sef, I go talk say na rest e dey rest. My brodas my sistas, if u epp me see Mr Williams abeg contact me 4 Likes |
Re: Detected...see The Reason A Mosquito Bites Even In The Dark by Walehelt(m): 11:51pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
MasterKim: It is well with you bro 1 Like |
Re: Detected...see The Reason A Mosquito Bites Even In The Dark by Edopesin: 11:55pm On Jul 21, 2017 |
MasterKim:Gawd Will Judge Mr Williams Nor Worry |
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