This video by Business Insider explains some of the factors that can make a mosquito magnet. Natural body odors are also important cues used by mosquitoes to select a host.

Your body's aroma may be the allure In this episode of NewsMD's "Health Fusion," Viv Williams checks out a new study that may have an answer as to why the stinging pests find some people irresistible.

New research has found that smelly armpits may turn some people into a mosquito magnet. This is apparently the reason that some people are so plagued by the annoying critters — while others get ...

Your body is a big protein shake that smells like stinky feet for hungry mosquitoes. Updated May 25, 2025 ... “If you’re a mosquito magnet today,” Vosshall said, ...

If you feel like you're the victim of itchy mosquito bites more often than others, it may not be all in your head. Sonja ...

Mosquito season started earlier this year in Florida, and they are carrying some dangerous diseases, including the recently discovered malaria. Whether you are a target of those pesky insects may d… ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan Day, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) It’s rare to attend an ...

You really are a mosquito magnet. Here’s what you can do about it. New research proves these bloodsuckers can pick you out in a crowd. Here are the odors they’re drawn to, what scientists ...

But my husband is an absolute mosquito magnet. And it drives him nuts,” she says. ... Although higher body temperature does play a role, too, according to a study in the Lancet.

As a medical entomologist who’s worked with mosquitoes for more than 40 years, I’m often asked why some people seem to be mosquito magnets while others are oblivious to these blood-feeding ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jonathan Day, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) It’s rare to attend an ...

So, carbon dioxide production is the first mark of a mosquito magnet. Because the production of CO2 and secondary attractants is linked to metabolic rate, the higher the metabolic rate, the more ...