How do mosquitoes find us?

Female mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood detect people partly by using a special olfactory receptor to home in on our sweat. Mosquitoes searching for a meal of blood use a variety of clues to track down humans, including our body heat and the carbon dioxide in our breath. Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide humans and other animals emit. They also use their receptors and vision to pick up on other cues like body heat, perspiration and skin odor to find a potential host.

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