Plasmodium-associated changes in human odor attract mosquitoes

Post by teddythetwig » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:01 PM UTC

ItsMe000001 wrote: post #5

fegu wrote: post #4

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Mosquitoes are attracted to co2. You are probably just bigger than your wife, exhaling more co2.

That reasoning never quite made sense to me because if that was a or the major reason, why do I have the signs of unwanted mosquito encounters mostly on or my feet and ankles? If that theory indeed is true I think CO2 is just a rough guide to find the approximate location (within meters) of something alive with blood. I think once close other guidance systems might take over. My above opinion isn't worth much, but th…

Post by ItsMe000001 » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:17 PM UTC

terminado wrote: post #10

ItsMe000001 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That reasoning never quite made sense to me because if that was a or the major reason, why do I have the signs of unwanted mosquito encounters mostly on or my feet and ankles? If that theory indeed is true I think CO2 is just a rough guide to find the approximate location (within meters) of something alive with blood. I think once close other guidance systems might take over. My above opinion isn't worth much, but th…

So, this might be a long shot, but I might hazard a guess that in hot, humid weather, with stagnant air, the dynamics of where exhaled exhaust goes, changes. In the cold, dry air of winter your breath vents upward, but getting near sunny 90 degree weather, during summer time, it might descend and pool at the feet of gatherings of people at barbecues. Carbon dioxide in ambient, matched temperature mixtures tends to be…

Post by neves » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:30 PM UTC

terminado wrote: post #10

ItsMe000001 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That reasoning never quite made sense to me because if that was a or the major reason, why do I have the signs of unwanted mosquito encounters mostly on or my feet and ankles? If that theory indeed is true I think CO2 is just a rough guide to find the approximate location (within meters) of something alive with blood. I think once close other guidance systems might take over. My above opinion isn't worth much, but th…

So, this might be a long shot, but I might hazard a guess that in hot, humid weather, with stagnant air, the dynamics of where exhaled exhaust goes, changes. In the cold, dry air of winter your breath vents upward, but getting near sunny 90 degree weather, during summer time, it might descend and pool at the feet of gatherings of people at barbecues. Carbon dioxide in ambient, matched temperature mixtures tends to be…

Post by gtirloni » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:33 PM UTC

ItsMe000001 wrote: post #5

fegu wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mosquitoes are attracted to co2. You are probably just bigger than your wife, exhaling more co2.

That reasoning never quite made sense to me because if that was a or the major reason, why do I have the signs of unwanted mosquito encounters mostly on or my feet and ankles? If that theory indeed is true I think CO2 is just a rough guide to find the approximate location (within meters) of something alive with blood. I think once close other guidance systems might take over. My above opinion isn't worth much, but th…

Post by carapace » Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 2:49 PM UTC