Why do mosquitoes love me like they do?

[milestogo]

All I did was take the dog for a short walk and now I am covered with bites.

[Glorfindel]

1. I read somewhere that they are particularly attracted

to type O blood. However, I have type O, and am not bothered very much by the critters.

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2. Today somebody told me they were surprised I got bitten by mosquitoes because I am a vegetarian.

I am living proof that that has NOTHING to do with it. I may have O positive blood though.

[quaint]

14. This vegetarian is also a mosquito magnet.

If meat eaters don't get devoured like this I'll try to make steak cologne.

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15. Me too!!

[unblock]

5. From what I understand, the preference for type o is pretty weak.

Other factors are at play, not well studied. The preference for type o is statistically significant only when compared to type a. It's not statistically significant compared to type b.

But it's known not all type o people are super prone to getting bit and others with type a or b can be. So something else is involved.

There's also a pain tolerance or itch tolerance or whatever. Mrs unblock can often feel a mosquito land on her, I can't. He'll, I can get bit and not realize it even after the mosquito anesthetic wears off. Sometimes it itches like hell, of course, but sometimes I never notice it until Mrs unblock points out a big bump on my arm or whatever.

[milestogo]

16. They are attracted to sweet smells

but I tend to buy unscented products whenever possible. Doesn't help.

[True Dough]

11. My blood type is A-positive

and those damn parasites HAUNT me!!

[elleng]

3. Sweet, like my daughter.

[Skittles]

4. they don't care for me

low iron count?

fleas will FEAST on me though

[milestogo]

6. I take iron every day.

[Skittles]

8. which they might like

maybe my low count turns them off

[electric_blue68]

7. Oh, dear! Been lucky, just several bites per summer, while my poor sister, at least in the past!

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I'm The Opposite

My wife has said for a long time, the makers of Off should check my skin chemistry because they just don't bother me.
We can be sitting on our deck and everyone will complain about the mosquitos, and they won't even land on me.
Weird.

[womanofthehills]

10. I went along the river for a walk with a friend

He was covered in mosquito bites and I had none.

But at my house, horse flies are biting me and the bites hurt big time compared to mosquitoes.

[LogDog75]

12. Try eating garlic about an hour or two before going out

I once heard mosquitos don't like garlic. I've been in places where there were mosquitos and I tried the garlic trick and mosquitos didn't bother me. It may just be I didn't give off the right order to attract them or the garlic and my body chemistry combined to form a type of repellent.

On downside of eating garlic, is for some people the garlic will combine with their sweat to make a pungent order causing others to stay away from you.

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13. I hate garlic, so i'm not going to do that.

And I don't want to stink!

[1WorldHope]

17. The closer we get to August be careful. That is when mosquitos who carry West Nile virus come out.

[a kennedy]

18. My late husband was a magnet as well. He'd be moving the lawn and have at least 7 May-be 10

on his back every time he’d mow. I’d be outside too, and I wouldn’t have one. I always felt bad for him. Ya know that “after bite” cream did wonders for him.

[milestogo]

19. Last night I took a couple of benadryl

which makes you tired but it does quiet down the immune response. I also used hydrocortisone. And I ordered some "after bite" stuff to apply.

[chouchou]

20. They love CO2 They know where you are if you breathe

[quaint]

21. Thank you for the tip!

[Emile]

22. Mosquitoes are attracted to sweaty people.

When it's this hot, I get bit when working in the garden.