5 Things That Attract Mosquitoes

Does it seem like you get bit by mosquitoes more than your friends? Why do mosquitoes love some people but not others? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow and discover what exactly makes people mosquito magnets so you can AVOID them!
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[@yuumi4242]

Yay

[@Tripsshetakes]

Why do I always get bit on my right leg?

[@isbellajzmn]

SciSho M

[@calholli]

i don't see how anyone can stand to watch this at 1x speed.

[@davidrice4873]

Hi love the videos. I've been watching Alec Steele a blacksmith who works with Damascus alot and he explains that he used ferric chloride to etch the damascus and because there are different ammounts of carbon in the layers one turns dark and the other one not so much, and I've been looking around google and KZbin for a video explaining this and I haven't been able to find one maybe you could be the first to make a video on it

[@youmaycallmeken]

So dark clothes attract mosquitoes, and bright clothes attract bees and wasps, but no clothes means more surface available for bites and stings.

[@Satan666Official]

I learned it from halo: *wear good camo*

[@ErilynOfAnachronos]

Don't exist, problem fixed!

[@Angel_Billy4-30-23]

Ken O Hahaha yeah, it seems like you can't win.

[@TheCatWrangler]

wear white.

[@lcoll1306]

That's why i always go outsode with armor

[@HexIsme]

I've found that directing a fan at my face while I slept made it way more difficult for mosquitos to locate me even if they were in the room. (And even if they do, good luck fighting that air current, you little spawns of satan.)

[@banglaanimeproject9036]

😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Satan666Official]

>:(

[@Ekaekto]

But how do you sleep? 😅

[@renivideht]

This is my method as well.

[@HexIsme]

@@Ekaekto ...With my eyes closed? The wind from the fan doesn't really bother me. If anything, it keeps me cold enough to also use a blanket, most of the time.

[@sarahgray430]

My husband used to claim that the best natural way to repel mosquitoes was to alter the chemistry in your sweat, including the regular use of the sauna (sweat out the pheremones that attract mosquitoes) smoking, and eating ridiculous amounts of garlic. He seldom got bitten, but sometimes his breath repelled me too!

[@pollypurree1834]

Mosquitos are attracted to the scent of refined sugar in your system. I stopped eating all refined sugar products and all of the mosquitos vanished. I get no more mosquitos.

[@andyhaochizhang]

@@pollypurree1834 try going to a swamp during mosquito season. You’ll soon learn the only way to not attract mosquito is stop existing.

[@scarlettrhoads1726]

Um would I rather get 100 mpsquito bites or sit in a sauna for half an hour? Uh, mosquitoes. At least I can slap mosquitoes, I can't slap the claustrophobia away.

[@crystalfahlsing4296]

@@andyhaochizhang normally I would agree with you but I’ve literally put this to the test in high mosquito dense places and they have no interest in me, same with ticks. Everyone around me will be getting bit and I don’t even have one on my skin let alone a bite. I think it’s an awesome super power but it is a little weird.

[@expertoflizardcorrugation3967]

@@crystalfahlsing4296 I am a reasonably accurate barometer of mosquito density. If they are there they will come out just to bite me. overall I'm rather pale, have the metabolism of a particularly athletic slug, and don't sweat often or heavily, though I do eat more refined sugars than I aught. I find having a fan on helps, but I still wake up with a handful of new bites every god damned time. Fortunately ticks don't share the same infatuation. I've gotten 2 in my life and both were tremendously awkward experiences.

[@justrusty]

When I was a kid (1960's) my father would catch mosquitos in a jar while on vacation (us on vacation, not the mosquitos) and then breathe into the jar quickly then close it up again, and we'd watch the mosquitos get all excited and start shaking. He (i.e. Dad) explained that it was the CO2. So this has been known for decades.

[@aprilapril2]

How did he catch them.. how were you not all bitten

[@justrusty]

@@aprilapril2 I don't recall, I was little. But there were so many it was pretty easy to just have an open jar and catch them. And I think we used "OFF" as a repellent. But we DID get bit.

[@willow2333]

Good science experiment for kids…

[@mlcarey1000]

Going to try this with my grandkids for fun

[@justrusty]

@@mlcarey1000 I'd love to hear how it goes. I wonder if there are different varieties of mosquitos who react differently.

[@ScoobieDoobie197474]

1. CO2 in your breath 2. Sweat 3. Mosquito borne diseases 4. Dark coloured clothes 5. Drinking alcohol

[@CujoHyer]

@No Name Lets be honest, you're gonna waste it anyway.

[@greencable2222]

there must be other reasons, cause these don't explain my case at all.

[@SummerSn0w]

Thank you! You need more thumbs, had to scroll too far down

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@CujoHyer lol

[@vms_kt]

Thank you. I actually paused the video to search for this comment.

[@AXia415]

Me lying on my bed itching my 8 bites because I have no self control: "I might have to stop breathing."

[@livinginvancouverbc2247]

Make yourself pyjamas out of aluminum foil and you should be good. And you only have to stop exhaling, not inhaling, so you're good.

[@MickeyD2012]

8 bites? That's nothing.

[@Mofi357]

Itching is an irritating sensation that makes you want to scratch your skin. Sometimes it can feel like pain, but it is different. Often, you feel itchy in one area in your body, but sometimes you may feel itching all over. Along with the itching, you may also have a rash or hive . You mean SCRATCHING

[@AXia415]

randy garcia if you REALLY wanna get into the nitty gritty of it, scratching oneself makes the bug bites worse, making the itching sensation worse; as a rough sweater can itch you, I itch myself by scratching.

[@carolhunt2023]

I understand. Mosquitos love me. Try the anti-itch cream or gel w benedryl. Helped for me. Also, mosquitos don’t like lavender or ecalyptus. I’ve been using Dr Teals lavender body cream and no bites even without DEET. Good luck to you.

[@traewatkins931]

I always found that if I was coated in smoke from the BBQ or campfire, the skeeters would leave me alone :)

[@sharon07430]

I get bitten thru clothes in bright sun. The only thing that keeps them away is smoky fire.

[@CarolReidCA]

I've found that to be helpful too.

[@Colt45hatchback]

They seem to love my cigarette smoke though, unsure if theyre attracted to niccotine or if they just know thats where a person is

[@latanyareid4128]

@@CarolReidCA That's my last name too

[@paddor]

Yeah and everyone else will too. 😜

[@spring7643]

When I had anemia (low iron in blood) mosquitos would avoid me like the plague, so how attracted mosquitos have been to me has always correlated with the amount of iron in my diet/body. When I started eating better and fixed my anemia I unfortunately became their target, which I figured would happen 😂

[@frankied.roosevelt6232]

Yeah def not the case for me and myself at blood transfusion needing anemia.

[@knuckle12356]

Lazy pea, are you a chubbyemu fan?

[@a_diamond]

I have chronic anemia, they *love* biting me. Of course I also have 0+ blood, which they apparently really like..

[@JatPhenshllem]

Glad to see you're better

[@a_diamond]

@@JatPhenshllem :) underrated kind comment. Have a like :)

[@ranasenformol246]

"the people were drinking beer, not the mosquitoes". Thanks for clarifying that, Hank.

[@robertwilliams450]

So, if your blood alcohol was high enough would the mosquito get a buzz?

[@whoever6458]

Maybe the mosquitos should be given a beer and then maybe they would forget what they were doing.

[@MosukaDreamer]

I pictured drunk mosquitos.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I love misplaced antecedents!

[@austincarter9523]

I thought this meant the people were drinking mosquitos before I saw the video lol

[@emoglobin2195]

*5 Things That Make You a Mosquito Magnet* Me: "Oh, good, once I watch this video I'll be able to keep mosquitoes away by avoiding these things" *#1. Breathing* Me: "Heck"

[@coreytran7415]

Just don't breath. It's not that hard.

[@Rubber_Ducky_]

Wear a mask.

[@jimmybravo3916]

You've been hecking bamboozled ʕ º ᴥ ºʔ

[@Baruch-Hashem]

A baby developing inside. Dehumanizes them by calling the baby a fetus. As all who support murder, they dehumanizes their human targets

[@cowboycolts]

@@Baruch-Hashem what?

[@curiouscreation55]

I love how this show is for people of all areas of scientific aptitude and delivers information in such a clear and efficient manner. This is how things ought to be taught

[@sandbabe2245]

I read comments all day and I’ve learned so much from other folks . There’s some good honest people in the world which is a comfort

[@1timbarrett]

I will listen again with your perspective in mind. On first listening, the narrator sounded to my ear too keen to channel Sheldon Cooper...!

[@ripcactusify]

As a goth chubby alcoholic, I feel loved. By mosquitos. Damn it.

[@blueizclues2697]

Everybody: *Breaths* Mosquitos: 👀

[@Rig0r_M0rtis]

*Breathes

[@nil981]

Me: exist Mosquito: it's free real estate.

[@jimmybravo3916]

Mosquito: looks like blood's back on the menu boys...

[@soullessSiIence]

Dinner's ready.

[@Metalkatt]

Yup. I have "All You Can Eat Buffet" written on me in bug language.

[@jaschabull2365]

I'd have thought the lice would be saying that.

[@theworldoverheavan560]

dead meme

[@SegmentW]

He is the best narrator/presenter/spokesman/host. He's so nice on the ears and eyes. Thank you for existing Hank Green. As well as the SciShow team

[@ArigathanksGozaimuchi]

"Leave out sugar water" Bees and wasps: Ohh a buffet

[@catlover2223]

I don't think that would work anyway though. Female mosquitoes use blood in egg production. Sugar water is just for metabolism- replacing nectar from flowers. Sugar water can't replace the blood needed for egg production.

[@nahor88]

@@catlover2223 Male mosquitoes actually do only consume nectar. They're pollinators. That just gives weight to the fact that the females would still need to consume blood.

[@TampaDave]

Wasps will drown themselves in droves in a cup of orange soda.

[@Jen-zk9se]

The worst when there is a mosquito in your room and your trying to sleep but the blood sucking bastard keeps buzzing your ear and your flailing helplessly just trying to kill the bugger in the dark so you can go to sleep

[@mixtlillness9825]

I use a dustbuster type of handheld vac to suck them suckers up. Works Iike a charm.

[@fionag9136]

“ Literally me right now “ 🥲

[@paddor]

Use earplugs and cover everything but your mouth and nose. If you wanna kill it, just turn on the lights, kill it, turn off the lights, and go back to sleep.

[@adib3011]

I wait for it to come close to the ear then smash down with my ready hand parallel to my head. It's quite successful.

[@mohzitygamingshorts7911]

I just killed one, it was one of the greatest mosquitoes I ever fought. Was attacking me for 2 hours and was a great hider

[@tiffanybriley6256]

I have no idea my blood type but pretty sure it's IB tasty.

[@aking3624]

Yep! I've said for years…i could be one of 100 in a room & they'd find & bite me!!

[@PhoenixFires9]

Tiffany Briley That was awesome! 😋

[@loverrlee]

My mother in law says I have fairy blood, meaning it must taste like sugar to them lol

[@sandybrown3373]

@@loverrlee my mom says I need to stop eating so much sweets (but I still do >:3)

[@shgnamaste7730]

😆😆

[@siblej1]

Of all the creatures that are going extinct, can’t we make a concerted effort to add mosquitoes to that list? Instead of the others I mean.

[@markchinguz4401]

They are important pollinators and keep some animals in check though

[@prettykitty610]

As good as that might seem to do ifeel like doing that would be a mistake as mosquitoes are a food source for animals and making them extinct could indirecly ruin other animal populations as well.

[@markchinguz4401]

@@prettykitty610 that's how it always happens. Mosquitoes are imporant, they are pollinators, they keep other species in check and their larvae are an important food source for other arthropods and fish

[@nicholasgoodfellow5774]

Its doable. The method would likely be replacing existing mosquitoes with genetically altered mosquitos such that they continue to exist in the ecosystem but no longer bother humans. Or just replace the bitey species with a non bitey one. There is an effort in north America to take out the invasive mosquito species aedes aegypti, but its not getting very far since wiping them out is best done through genetic engineering, which the masses are generally opposed to.

[@Maggie66112]

Yes please

[@trishadupper01]

I am and have always been a mosquito magnet. I am glad you mentioned sugar. I don't have the science to back up sugar as a draw but I think it's something to do with it. I think a study with diabetics and non diabetic people would be interesting. I think that something in the breath attracting mosquitos is interesting also. But when I lived in Georgia, ahot and humid climate, I noticed that if I could keep from getting bitten that I wasn't that attractive to mosquitos. But once I was bitten I would be swarmed from then on. This made me wonder if the mosquitos excreted something into my blood while they were sucking my blood. Just seemed like they planted and waved a flag, "over here guys!" Just a thought

[@ah5721]

I'm hypoglycemic, my husband is diabetic type 1 they don't eat him they eat me.

[@ktkilntime1586]

Or maybe that day, you were sweeter 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@TampaDave]

Trisha what you are thinking fits in with the studies about if diseased ones bite you it attracts others.

[@trishadupper01]

@@ktkilntime1586 funny

[@trishadupper01]

@@ah5721 I am hypoglycemia also. I realize that 2 people do not equal a double blind study. But interestingly we are both hypoglycemia.

[@jonathandefreitas8545]

"More mosquitoes landed on subjects after drinking a glass of beer than before" "The people were drinking beers, not the mosquitoes" -Hank, 2019

[@ginnyjollykidd]

I was going to call him on that! 😂

[@TheRogueWolf]

Maybe if we get the mosquitoes drunk, they won't be able to bite us!

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

@@TheRogueWolf they would be even dumber than they all ready are

[@kennethyee5161]

Also, the people were not drinking the mosquitoes

[@dreamingwolf8382]

Prototype Man X obviously mosquitoes are tiny little lushes, lol

[@Torguish]

"So here are 5 things that might be making you a mosquito magnet" Me: Okay great, maybe this'll help. "1: Breathing" Me: brb calling mom to say bye.

[@helensarkisian7491]

Anti-itch treatment: I use the small “button” bandages. They’re just big enough to cover the bite, and the all around adhesive stops the gauze from moving. The bandage (1) reminds me to not scratch and (2) prevents the bite from being irritated by something brushing against it. They’ll fall off after four to seven days worth of showers and sweat. The itch is gone by then.

[@pattiannepascual]

do they sell them in packages of 10,000? because that's how many I would need for a summer. I get bitten constantly,day and night. I think because 0- blood

[@helensarkisian7491]

@@pattiannepascual ☹️ How awful. I’ve also been talking a garlic pill every day. So far, I’ve had significantly fewer bites. But I’m not signing off on it yet. I’ve also been avoiding being outside more as well.

[@dinosaurus4189]

The drought in the western US has helped. Much less water habitat.

[@teresaellis7062]

A beekeeper outfit made of sequined fabric!

[@denasharpe2393]

Order up!!

[@imcaii7448]

me: i'm ready to be a mosquito repellant and do none of these things *number 1: **_breathing_* me: uh

[@Amy-si8gq]

coward

[@yuchunxu8417]

Its perfectly normal to not breathe

[@flyhigh9944]

When there’s other people in the room but only you get bitten! 🤨

[@LustigelGC]

*1,901,082 other people

[@JimOwnby]

*slowly raises hand (and then gets bitten)*

[@TheReZisTLust]

Stinky! Take a shower!

[@flyhigh9944]

ReZisT Lust 😂 but I take shower every day 😅

[@BrayKayTHEUNIQUEKIDS]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXuyfGRph7mJg6M

[@meatsuitsublimator8506]

If I remember correctly from high school biology, the metabolism of alcohol produces lactic acid. My teacher likened a severe hangover to the soreness and fatigue you feel after a heavy workout.

[@ferretyluv]

Well, new studies say that muscle soreness isn’t caused by lactic acid.

[@RexTorres]

"Obviously I was joking about, like, not breathing..." *_starts breathing again..._* wheeew!

[@dexterlab4694]

when he say offer a different snack, i thought it meant hang out with more mosquitoes magnet friend so they attack them rather me.

[@Manj_J]

I'd totally do that😂😂

[@SuperTonyony]

"You don't have to be faster than the bear. You only have to be faster than your slowest friend."

[@deannagconn8652]

LOL, very funny!!!

[@virglibrsaglove]

I thought that, too! 🤣

[@adreabrooks11]

I mean, this is my go-to...

[@zanmk69]

Few hours ago I was painting drum brakes on car. I was 1. deep breathing, 2. sweating, 3. drinking beer, 4. wearing gray shirt. So thanks SciShow for uploading too late, this all could have been prevented.

[@kaya5168]

Thanks for writing all the things,you just saved me 14 minutes 🙏🏽

[@CarlitosG1711]

Deep breathing while painting? Must be high as a kite

[@bryanwhite3021]

@Intra Ignis that's really out there? Would you like to share something? Coming out are you?

[@TierraD2021]

Were you bitten by a mosquito though 😂

[@clipsedrag13]

The real question is, why paint drum brakes lol

[@fightingfaerie]

This makes sense why I'm usually one of the least bitten in groups. 1: I am a shallow breather. 2: I don't sweat as much as some people. I get clammy, but it takes a lot of exertion and heat to actually sweat, and even then my clothes aren't as wet as some others. As well as that, I don't think I get very stinky very quickly. 3: I've never had malaria or anything to my knowledge. 4: I usually wear either natural "camping" colors like greens and browns, or bright colors like pink and light blue when I'm camping. 5: I don't drink alcohol. Until just a couple years ago I never even tried anything alcoholic.

[@alidaweber1023]

I've always been a mosquito magnet.

[@flashfrozen7401]

When I was going through chemo, I definitely noticed that I got less bug bites when I went to camp over the years I didn't. I never really got a ton of bites, but I didn't get a single bite that one summer. I assume they could smell the change in my blood and realized I was toxic.

[@sandbabe2245]

My friend has chemo for 8 months now and on July 4th he got bit on his legs

[@listenup7781]

It has been 12 yrs since my chemo and they still avoid biting me. They maybe be following me but seldom bite me. So that is the upside of the hell chemo put us through. I Hope you are doing well..

[@ernaoladottir8623]

Help! I'm a celebrity with those blood suckers, and need some advice witch does not include stopping breathing?!

[@georgewagner7787]

The chemo drugs are all different

[@jimsmith8383]

Like how the zombies in "World War Z" ignore any human with an illness like they aren't even there lol

[@Sandrosian]

I'll just stop breathing then, problem solved

[@robertct06]

Sandrosian help me change my race too

[@JeromeADavis]

@@robertct06 there's only one race. You don't want to be human? 🤔

[@MrDUneven]

@@JeromeADavis Mosquitos wont bite you if you are a mosquito.

[@JeromeADavis]

@@MrDUneven citation needed.

[@robertct06]

Sir Awesomeness nah. I want to be an elf

[@crescentfresh8001]

No mention of drastically increasing the iron level of your blood, letting the mosquitoes feed, then wearing a giant magnet? Probably the most common way of becoming a mosquito magnet. [CITATION NEEDED]

[@CarolReidCA]

I wonder about diabetes????

[@jamesross1003]

As funny as that sounds, there was a researcher that used a magnet to catch thousands of mosquitoes. Do a search on it and maybe find it. I can't remember where I saw it. Pretty amazing, though the magnet they used was one of those super magnets making a not so easy solution.

[@CobCeo]

@@jamesross1003 perhaps they captured the drone mosquitoes. They likely have actual metal in them, unless they 3D print them? They released a few batches so far, twice in Florida and somewhere else I can't remember.

[@cluvzinfo6856]

Hank is my favorite Host on KZbin. His energy, sense of humor and way of explaining things makes me love learning even more. Thank you, Hank!

[@darktezcatlipoca]

Hank: mosquitoes are more attracted to dark colored surfaces Me: "pouts in goth"

[@ladyraven3418]

Same!

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

😅

[@hopeforlilli]

i was thinking the same thing smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@TarigonTetradactyl]

i'll just wear pink then!

[@erinthesystem9608]

Looking cool is a risk I'm willing to take. Plus bleeding sores will be even MORE goth

[@liana-gao]

Me: *Breathes.* Mosquitos: Alright boys, our next target has been acquired.

[@wrathybear]

gals* since, only female mosquitoes bite ya

[@yellrfellr2173]

Just breath into a ziplock bag

[@yellrfellr2173]

You’re gonna need a lot of ziplocks tho

[@axolotl8437]

your CO2 smells great

[@woodfur00]

Remember that Doctor Who episode where they had to stop breathing to blend in with the extremely unintelligent androids?

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

I don't know why this came up in my feed, but I'm loving it. I'll probably subscribe if you do other videos like this. great information. on another note, I was camping many years ago in Olympia State Park and the mosquitoes were devouring us. We cut open the garlic we brought with us for meals, and rubbed it on our skin. It kept them away. Little vampires.

[@markpell8979]

Rebecca, this came up in your feed because you were talking with, texting or emailing someone about mosquitoes over your phone.

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

@@markpell8979 I don't doubt that for a moment. I have countless pieces of evidence to confirm that my phone sees and hears and reads everything. Everything. And I don't like it.

[@RebeccaLynnMusic]

@@markpell8979 I miss the before times. I was 3 - 13 in the 70s, and I wouldn't trade it for a later arrival date.

[@carolynallisee2463]

Watching this may have answered a question I've had floating around in my head for a while. Over the past few years (ten or so) in the summer, I've often been bitten by mozzies at night, to the point where come April time, I put insect netting over my windows. I am also a type 2 diabetic ( a result of an auto immune condition that affected my thyroid gland at the same time), and at times I struggle to keep my blood sugar levels under proper control, especially in summer, when they tend to spike. I don't recall having much, if any, problem with mosquitoes and their bites before I developed diabetes, so I wondered if the condition was playing a part in my sudden attractiveness to them. Well, now I know. With my blood laden with sugar, I must have smelt like the biggest toffee apple or marshmallow around to them. When it gets hot, my blood sugar levels tend to rise as the heat causes me physical stress. Like all people, I sweat more when hot, so must release a lot of different compounds, including ketones, which your body produces when it isn't processing glucose properly. Clearly, I've been ringing a very loud, if involuntary, dinner bell to the little suckers all along!

[@alexk48]

Type 1 diabetics are prone to high ketones. Type 2 diabetics can reverse their diabetes with a ketogenic diet. I also have thyroid disease and developed type 2 diabetes which I reversed by elevating my ketones and lowering my blood sugar with a ketogenic then carnivore diet. Lost weight too.

[@sorrythatusernameistakenpi8739]

*Mosquito enters house Me:*sees Mosquito *also me is armed with multiple weapons just to deal with Mosquitos *YOU PICKED THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL*

[@OGRH]

Sorry that user name is taken Pick another one *Not funny at all

[@brittanyw.5274]

Mosquitos absolutely love me. And, for some reason, when they bite the back of my legs, the bites turn into baseball sized welts that itch and hurt like crazy

[@Ed1271]

Selsun shampoo. Dabbed on bites chiggers, skiters, relief gone in 24 hours.

[@lisaemmerich138]

Yes, me too. I have scars all over my legs and arms from mosquito bites that swell up!! They love me. I'm diabetic and always wondered if the liked my blood because it has more sugar in it.

[@JohnSmith-fe7nf]

@@lisaemmerich138 Mosquitoes tore me up when I used to drink beer, I would swell up for a couple of days. I quit drinking 8 years ago, they don't bother me anymore. I'm pretty sure it's the sugar.

[@PINBO4.13.21]

I think the reason why they like dark colors is because they can camouflage in them. Also they like shaded areas. If you are sitting outdoors they would likely be under the table or the chair targeting your legs and feet. Since i started my hormonal replacement therapy those lovely bugs love me even more!! Few days ago I used a thick layer of vaseline all over my exposed skin and it worked but then I had to take two showers to remove all that! I hope there's no mosquitos or any kind of bugs like fruit flies or roaches in heaven 🙏

[@sesidonkor]

I live in Africa where everyone's hair is dark so here, you are likely to have mosquitoes flying a little under a foot above your head. If there were a lot of mosquitoes around and you just vigorously waved your hand above your head, you would feel it hitting at least five mosquitoes. Also I've developed a skill of hitting mosquitoes because I don't like squashing them (I found out mosquitoes get quite disoriented)

[@juliettem-jenkins7748]

Alcohol ? Patsy Stone : "The last mosquito that bit me had to book into the Betty Ford Clinic." (from british tv series "Absolutely Fabulous")

[@tharsomoreira375]

In Brazil, everyday is mosquito season.

[@dlilwon]

Tharso Moreira ha same in Nigeria

[@Bethgael]

{agrees in Coastal north Australian]

[@seraranasisca2434]

Well, are all tropical countries like that? 😅

[@isabelab6851]

Tharso Moreira it is summer all year round in the tropics

[@safirazy]

Indonesia can relate

[@patchbunny]

Let's put some sugar water out. It will keep the mosquitoes away. 10 minutes later. Ahhh! Why are there so many bees????

[@cathpalug1221]

Bee: its free real estate

[@sirBrouwer]

and ants; and flies and a lot more animals.

[@breprince1205]

Lavender, Rosemary, mint, and other types of plants help deter mosquitos. I have a lavender and a mint right beside my backyard door and they go away. They do not like the fragrance of flowers

[@sirBrouwer]

@@breprince1205 I have no fresh open water near by. only salt sea water that helps as well. they can't lay eggs in salt water.

[@maelacson6054]

And look, there's a bear...

[@veevintage2619]

As someone with Skeeter syndrome I also seem to be a bouffet for these little jerks. Ugh.

[@tenthz]

My whole life, mosquitos have loved to bite me like crazy. This is the first mosquito season that I have been lactose-free and I have been completely bite-free while people I have been spending time with have been bitten up. I wonder if lactic acid has been eliminated/reduced from my sweat because of my diet change? I would totally give up milk/soft cheeses just for this reason!!

[@timwolff3948]

lactose and lactic acid...while they sound similar, are they really related?

[@stardustgirl2904]

I don't drink milk 🥛🥛🥛🥛 and they eat me alive ❗

[@tenthz]

@@stardustgirl2904 well, so much for that theory!

[@tenthz]

@@timwolff3948 no idea, but it was a hypothesis.

[@xiaozhang9883]

Scishow- “Mosquitoes are more attracted to darker clothes” Me-*looks into closet* “Guess I gotta toss all my clothes so I can survive a mosquito breakout”

[@singingsiren82]

I know this is a year later... But I'm hoping 2020 doesn't read this post.

[@mindtsunami9443]

ISayEep lmaooo gosh I hope not

[@jamesbond8872]

Damn. Here I was hoping for drunk mosquitoes. On a side note, those buggers somehow manage to bite me even through jeans! I am, sadly, one of those mosquito magnets.

[@MagnakayViolet]

Hank said that you could try feeding them. Just add some extra sugar to the mixers you were gonna serve.

[@mikepellerin4611]

During backyard barbeques, we would often put a block of dry ice in the opposite corner of the yard. It attracted and killed a lot of the little buggers.

[@gailaltschwager7377]

Thank you!

[@kaamn1829]

Offer them a different snack... me: oh no, is he going to say sacrifice our friends???

[@jk_speed3109]

If thats the case its a sacrifice im willing to make vote red guyes he been sus

[@Mae-rr5ye]

Is there any other option? 🤣

[@ElleCappuchino]

I've finally found a person the mosquitoes like more than they like me. I think I'm going to invite her to all my travels and garden parties! Alternatively, a bait-person to rent would be good. Just someone who's a mosquito magnet and would like to get paid to stand in the corner when we're having a bbq.

[@altgoncalves1472]

Fun fact. I'm watching this from Manaus, I'm the middle of the Amazon in the middle of the night while being feasted upon by those suckers. I've had Malaria twice and as a living mosquito magnet can confirm the information

[@sandymac529]

@@kx2174 That is all such great info! Thank you for taking the time to include all the links. I'm very grateful for your kindness. God bless you!

[@CarolReidCA]

Try smoke from an open fire. It seems to help me on camping trips. Have a great time there! Beautiful place!

[@altgoncalves1472]

@@tommurphy2332 loooool I thought it was Chloroquine, dude (or whatever that’s called)

[@altgoncalves1472]

@UCa9NSF75lDCFzHz9vsPSzEA fun fact, I’ve had dengue thrice and ivermectin had no effect protecting me whatsoever

[@tommurphy2332]

@@altgoncalves1472 A woman I know well in the Philippines has just recovered from Corona Virus after being treated with IVERMECTIN. Others in the same family were treated for Dengue Fever with it and they are doing well.

[@wrekced]

A "boozed up bloodstream" contains more energy than regular blood. I say this because they used to use ethanol in IV's in the ICU. Ethanol is two sugar molecules stuck together; so, when put into an IV, it delivers more energy per ounce than plain sugar. I think that would be enough of a reason for mosquitoes to develop a way of detecting ethanol in a person.

[@Champitoinwonderland]

Ethanol'd chemical formula is CH3CH2OH. And it is a linear alcohol unlike sugars, which are cyclic. Plus, it only contains one hydroxy (OH) group in one molecule. So it is not composed of 2 sugar molecules as you say. (Sugars are polyalcohols, meaning they have more than 2 OH groups in one molecule). What actually has 2 "sugar" molecules bound together as their molecular structure is the groups of disaccharides. Disaccharides are just another type of sugar. These are sucrose, maltose or lactose. So ethanol and sugars are both alcohols, but are very different in molecular structure and how they are metabolized in the body. Ethanol will be oxidized by enzymes to become acetaldehyde and then acetic acid, nothing to do with becoming sugar.

[@wonderwend1]

Ethanol wouldn't be used in an IV in ICU it's too unpredictable and there's no need for it

[@magicmerls291]

This video just explained to me why I have like 469 moscito bites after every outdoor rave I went to. Hyperhidrosis doesn't help that either I think.

[@mr.t.1237]

Finally, KZbin recommended something useful and interesting.

[@hereiamjayati]

You have not been using KZbin right! I am addicted to YT. Please help me stop.

[@denasharpe2393]

And l thank them..not just for this video but for all the interchange and info exchange among those of us who suffer to find some comfort in numbers and possible solutions!! Plus..those who don't have Whatever Combo of alerts to the mosquitoes, will never understand and/or be sympathetic to us!! They just don't get it and l am so happy they don't!

[@gc4397]

I never knew mosquitoes were racists. Thanks for the info Hank!

[@thunderlifestudios]

We must make laws to prevent this disparity.

[@thunderlifestudios]

@#ash Baker we should make people with more melanin stay outside in the sun longer.

[@AugustusBohn0]

🙄

[@malachibest463]

@@AugustusBohn0 there joking

[@peabrain6872]

@@malachibest463 THEY’RE*

[@Sydroo1969]

I've been on dirty keto for a little over a year. This is the first summer I've hardly been bit. I used to be mosquito magnet. Love this lifestyle change. Lost weight and only been bit 3 or 4 times this summer. It's late July now.

[@yosecretsquirrel]

#5 alcohol. The most likely reason that alcohol increases attracriveness for the buggers is glucose. The increase of blood glucose cause by drinking make your blood into a nectar for them and it teaslates into a sweet smell which is readily expressed through pores, and even we can smell it when there is enough consumed. In the case of Hyperglycemic people, they emit a sweet smell from their breath as well as the pores.

[@ATBZ]

Welcome to Arizona where the impenetrable heat wall protects you from the dirty flying needles

[@bobe7559]

Unless you live within 10 miles of the River. O.o

[@lunaamore2713]

😂

[@ikreer9777]

@Peace Ecaep Wisconsin mosquitoes are evil. I have been a skeeter feeding station my entire life. Usually I don't feel their bites, but the Wisconsin breed hurts when it bites! Almost a sting, plus the resulting welt is 3-4 times larger than what I normally get.

[@ivechang6720]

In Minnesota we make signs saying they *are* our state bird. 🤦‍♀️

[@panda-yr6ul]

d i r t y f l y i n g n e e d l e s

[@lspthrattan]

Well, I don't know of any studies to support or refute this, but I've found that if I use just the tiniest amount of plain lavender essential oil, suddenly there's a three-foot Cone of No Mosquitoes around me. And I like the smell, which is nice for me.

[@nicoletorcolini5316]

Itching just listening to this.

[@bluejetlightning8427]

Every year they eat my arms and legs alive, they literally ignore others around me and I seem to be the mosquito repellent for them.

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

Welcome to my world!😆

[@anthonydelfino6171]

this might be entirely anecdotal, but I remember when I lived in the swampy area outside of Houston a couple things we observed were that people who ate more fruit, especially bananas, tended to attract more mosquitos, but when those people started taking garlic pills, they became a less attractive meal. This might all be related to how they're attracted to sugar and repelled by certain smells. But it also might just be coincidental.

[@TampaDave]

Years ago I read that an amino acid female mosquitos require to produce eggs, was raised significantly in the bloodstream after people ate bananas. It made me suspicious, because mom only made banana pudding for outings, and then was too busy (getting everyone else to eat some) to eat any herself, unless she brought leftovers home.

[@nicolesaintdenis]

Hank, I appreciate you 💜🪷

[@themanunleashed]

Mosquitoes stay away from me when I'm smoking a cigar.

[@unmanaged]

Bat Boxes on every telephone pole in the US could reduce the population...

[@turtle4llama]

Bats don't have significant control effects, mosquito fish are good and altosid is better.

[@deepgardening]

I have definitely had fewer bites when the bats start hunting around me- those bats knew where the mosquitoes were. I heard the same in a story by a backpacker who got horribly sick and had to stay by a water source. He said the bats saved him.

[@marklmansfield]

Dragonflies are super-predator mosquito killers. They can turn on a dime and hover. I saw one catch a housefly in mid-air; turn it upside-down and set it on a pool of water to die.

[@TheGreatCooLite]

Me: breathes Mosquitoes: *Time for a fricking crusade*

[@shirazqasmi5090]

The Great CooLite lol

[@bigiabby]

since you said the terrible f-word i am going to have to report you (sarcasm)

[@invaderzim3015]

@Intra Ignis You have anger issues, you should get that checked out

[@ryanmalin]

bigi1073 abby /s/

[@andy56duky]

@@invaderzim3015 some people you really need to let go cuz you just want them to suffer the hard way

[@petermendoza1170]

Excellent 😉👍

[@AnnaCastiglioniInCharacter]

Any thoughts on blood type attracting mosquitos?? I was always a magnate too, until I moved to an area with almost none.

[@BladeWaywardSon]

Me: a goth alchoholic... "stop breathing" sure! "Also don't wear black or drink" Me: ya lost me there.

[@exin7778]

Lol

[@geraldfrost4710]

hey, if you could pull off a goth bee keeper suit, that would rock!

[@dindranew.6808]

@@geraldfrost4710 Black mesh and black duct tape. Very Alexander McQueen.

[@geraldfrost4710]

@@dindranew.6808 I didn't know who that was; some of my shirts are 20 years old (awaiting a new splatter of paint). Yep: McQueen could put a goth beekeeper's gown down the runway and it would fit right in. Call it "Gothic Bride", and it would sell for $5,250. I'm in the wrong business.

[@dindranew.6808]

@@geraldfrost4710 Ha, my favorite shirts all have paint or glue, too. Best way to live. :D

[@TheZenytram]

be near to a mosquito magnet person so you will never be hit.

[@limiv5272]

Sad but true

[@demikus]

I as a mosquito magnet... can confirm this is true, very very true. Though I'm gonna have to try out wearing some different clothing, I like wearing browns gonna try orange or green for a while and see if that helps at all.

[@alexandruilea915]

@@demikus two evenings ago I was with my aunt and she was continuous getting bitten while I had no bites at all and she was wearing light colored clothes while I was wearing a black T-shirt.

[@2HRTS1LOVE]

Yep. Stand next to me and they won't even know you're there. I lived in an old house in Hawaii, the windows didn't seal tightly, and every morning I would wake up with new bites and my husband never got any. I would wear bug spray to bed sometimes, it sucked.

[@FloozieOne]

Ticks are another insect that is attracted to CO2. My father figured this out in 1969. He wondered why there are always more ticks around well-travelled roadways. If you step off the road out of sight to pee, (something my brother and I did even on short trips at ages 4 and 6), we almost always came back with some ticks. He wondered if it was the heat so he experimented. Our kitchen table was huge so he put a tick in the middle of it, put a glass of water at exactly 98.6 degrees at one end and himself at the other and breathed towards the tick. It always ignored the water and headed right for him. He couldn't, however, devise an experiment to see if they clustered by roads because of the CO that the cars gave off, since there isn't a good way to concentrate CO without rather quickly going into a coma and dying. I will never forget this experiment so Hank's suggestion to stop breathing is accurate although, unfortunately, rather impractical. My father was a really amazing man, he always wanted to find out the WHY of everything and this was only one of many venues that he explored.

[@stevelawrence5268]

Nice vid young Bill

[@JessieBanana]

Does that apply to skin. If you have dark skin are you screwed?

[@amnesiadan160]

Ask the Africans

[@mynameismmandimheretosay7979]

No, and to quote the hungry hungry baby, “Tastes like BLACK.”

[@AllanDawnsun]

If you apply the logic they used, yeah it should but I think they avoided saying that to avoid controversy

[@cuntrolldenied7722]

Well geographically speaking, mosquitoes are generally found in places like Africa and South Asia, so looks like that could be true.

[@spindash64]

Cuntroll Denied And it’s not like they only target humans, so going after things with colors other than bland Greens and Browns gives them a better shot of landing on food

[@JesseGilbride]

I've heard mosquitoes can smell your blood through your skin. I seem to remember that alcohol dilates capillaries (at least in the skin) - apparently explaining why a person feels warmer when drunk - so perhaps blood being closer to the skin surface simply smells stronger to them.

[@denasharpe2393]

And maybe why they target my ankles and back of my neck and all large capillary areas!! BTW l don't drink alcohol but do enjoy sugary drinks..gotta let them go!!

[@lizjoe21750]

I'm a type one diabetic and I've always said that mosquitos think I'm dessert. I think SciShow just proved my theory.

[@gracie2375]

very good

[@DmedZWN]

" Mosquitoes like dark colored things " Welp I guess us African / Brown people will be getting munched by mosquitoes forever then SMH! 🙄

[@karikling8812]

I find that revelation odd because whenever I'm around darker skinned people, I get bit more, but when I'm around paler people, I get bit less.

[@raaston9761]

@@karikling8812 and if you are around me you end up getting sunburnt form how pale my skin is

[@karikling8812]

@@raaston9761 lol, no. I'm not saying there's any science behind my theory. It's just something I've noticed in my personal, which is admittedly anecdotal and doesn't count as evidence.

[@lebz752]

Lmao😭

[@zeldaprincessgirl100]

😂....i'm screwed too

[@JohnCena8351]

10:30 "People were cooler after drinking" Well, kids, you heard it here first. Drinking alcohol literally makes you cool!

[@gustavgnoettgen]

Like, don't drink and drive if you haven't automatic

[@panaele7165]

:-)))

[@ladwarcoffee]

Lol they got this wrong. It doesn't warm or cool you down. It dilates the blood vessels so your skin feels more of the natural heat you make. This can lead to increased sweating which probably is why it attracts more mosquitos.

[@mycelia_ow]

@@ladwarcoffee, alcohol also makes you produce more CO2

[@ladwarcoffee]

@@mycelia_ow while that might attract them to an area, CO2 isn't what they are directly looking for before biting.

[@danniemikeey579]

From the list I obviously breath and wear black and dark colors. But my husband does as well and he drinks and sweats alot and doesn't get bit!

[@madefromashes]

I’m allergic to pretty much every bug spray even “natural” ones…and hyper sensitive to mosquito bites. I hate the summer.

[@sandbabe2245]

Did you try Skin So Soft by Avon ?

[@johnz9623]

I've been using a product called Mosquito Barrier and it seems to work. I see very few mosquitos around my house and it has greatly reduced the number of gnats. It's concentrated garlic oil. Smells very strong when you apply it but the smell goes away in about an hour. Their literature says that the sulfur compounds repel blood sucking insects and they say it's non-toxic (though it is pretty obnoxious smelling - I double wrap it in plastic bags and can still detect a slight smell.) I apply it 1-2 times a summer trying to time it after I trim bushes. I spray it under the eaves, on foundation plantings and on trunks of trees. My shed is T-111 and I try to get that really well figuring the textured surface will hold on to the sulfur compounds better. I try to spray it where the rain will not wash off the sulfur. I don't spray the grass thinking that rain will wash the sulfur away or it will degrade quickly in contact with the ground. I spray (1gal compression sprayer) the house and as many things as I can on the perimeter of the property. I believe this causes them to go elsewhere because they don't like the sulfur and eventually the population reduces. It doesn't kill them, it's a repellent. It took a couple of seasons to see a difference. I guessing this is from eggs being left behind and/or it just takes a while to encourage them to breed somewhere else. Got it at domyownpestcontrol.com.

[@denasharpe2393]

Me too! So so sorry!!

[@PixelOverload]

Wait, they like black, blue, and _red_ , but they don't like >600nm wavelengths (aka _red_ ) ? Do they like red or not?

[@thefunway123]

Pretty sure red is 680 nm

[@PixelOverload]

​@@thefunway123 Yes? Pretty sure 680 is greater than 600

[@stevena8719]

Nerd

[@PixelOverload]

@@stevena8719 your point?

[@SpasticEliteStudios]

If they straight up don't detect red light, red fabric probably looks more like black or grey. hence the attraction.

[@krebkrebkreb]

Hank suggesting that people wear sequins because “there’s every reason to think that they should” repel mosquitos is one of the least scientific but also best things he’s said on scishow this year.

[@benjaminbowman1866]

Absolutely. I have a friend that loves mermaid sequin stuff and I'm trying to convince her that she's finally safe to go camping now lol

[@craiglachman1379]

I'm heading to Amazon to find a nice light colored XXL sequin number! I may raise some eyebrows at the gun range, but if it works I'll be at the front of a new craze of manly menwear.

[@eliscanfield3913]

I'll go for a nice shimmery gown ;)

[@angelhelp]

I am THE mosquito-bitten person at any gathering, yet... 1. I don’t sweat except in places where my body is skin-on-skin (armpits, my c-section incision area, and the groin. 2. I don’t wear dark clothes in summer. Pale yellow is a favorite. 3. I don’t drink (alcohol), period. 4. I DO breathe... guilty as charged. However, since no one in their right mind would ever exert themselves during this hellish season, I do not breathe excessively, meaning my breath must be particularly attractive.

[@idiomasentusiasticos7954]

I’m surrounded by people who attract them a lot. I don’t know if I attract them little or if I’m average. But my family are absolutely magnets.

[@dukegeche]

I live in an African country .It's ALWAYS mosquito season

[@1MarkKeller]

Yikes!

[@oiseau_libre]

My sympathies!!! One of the main reasons I hate summer are mosquitoes.

[@ekosubandie2094]

same goes to Southeast Asia it's always mosquito season here too

[@kaczynskis5721]

Athens also, though very hot and dry weather and relatively cold weather reduces their activity.

[@bri1085]

Imagine living at the equator

[@CherryStudiosAnimation]

Pleakley from Lilo & Stitch needs to see this 😭

[@billnewton4]

Very interesting, especially where the blood factor enters. My perspective is from a far different area. However, It sees by sensing odor and sweat; with specific chemical compounds.

[@daynehaworth9258]

Such a helpful composition of the research. Muchos gracias from Johannesburg South Africa 🇿🇦 or as we say in SA Ngiyabonga 😁👏

[@tanyabriggs8969]

Just an FYI...my late grandmother who lived in East Texas and spent a lot of time outside gardening...NEVER got swarmed by mosquitos or could remember ever getting a bite while everyone else was just covered in those beasts. She did get chigger bites on occasion. It was so odd that our family spent a lot of time trying to figure out what it was about her that kept her pest free. Best we could come up with was her diet. She drank buttermilk everyday...and she ate some type of cooked greens almost daily in large amounts cause she ate little meat. That was only thing she ate MORE of and more often than the rest of the family. OH...and she also used buttermilk on her skin (and mine) to protect against the sun. Could it be the buttermilk internally and externally??

[@tbell1698]

Lactic acid content in buttermilk could explain why grannie was less appealing to the flying beasts.

[@myriamguns2162]

@@tbell1698 I thought lactic acid attracted the monsters..

[@Valerie-bb5hi]

It can also be hormonal just like poison ivy poison ivy you can really deathly be allergic to it and then your hormones change and you're not allergic to it anymore

[@susanpendell4215]

Might be that she was enemic? Less iron in her blood due to not eating meat.

[@TampaDave]

Probiotics in buttermilk may reduce the growth of the bacteria that produce most of the smell of sweat.

[@tommymchone5403]

With the drinking alcohol, maybe the mosquitoes are more attracted because alcohol thins the blood, therefore the mosquitoes use less of the chemical that keeps blood from clotting, and makes it easier for them to feast. Just a thought.

[@johnpossum556]

But how would they know that before they bit into you?

[@soullessSiIence]

@@johnpossum556 alcohol evaporates even through the skin after a few drinks. And, obviously, through breath. Alcohol stinks very significantly.

[@xtremej2575]

@@soullessSiIence it also causes you to emit more C02 in your breathe.

[@mycelia_ow]

@@xtremej2575, lol that's probably the reason itself

[@SighNaps]

Alcohol also causes dilation of peripheral blood vessels, causing blood to flow closer to the surface of the skin and at an increased rate.

[@chrisboucher1987]

"in case you were wondering..." *Points at screen* Thanks for making me feel like you were speaking to me directly ;-)

[@crustycurmudgeon2182]

okay, so... I'm one of the lucky ones-- while everyone around me is swatting like crazy, I'm blissfully left alone as I happily guzzle my beer. I scarcely notice the one or two who avoid the swarms and zero in on me. Now, you discussed why some people are magnets, but left out why some (like me) are practically invisible to mosquitos. Caveat: I am NOT invisible to black flies (they swarm on me like everyone else), and those giant horse flies (which actually hurt when they bite), don't avoid me either. Follow-up video?

[@m4rysia]

My mum always said that mosquitoes really like sweet and sugary blood. As a sweet-tooth I was struggling

[@TheCatWrangler]

this is 100% true, I can attest

[@beckyanderson988]

Just add alot more garlic i eat a ton and never get bit .

[@beths9232]

I hardly ever get bitten since going keto.

[@abbiepancakeeater52]

i eat a ton of garlic and still get bit like crazy :(

[@amarketing8749]

My brother loved sweets and would constantly eat them, but I don't have a sweet tooth at all. I get bit and he doesn't. It's body chemistry, some of us are just super attractive to mosquitos. I can eat garlic, wear the right clothes, be covered in insect repellant, AND surrounded by drunk people with NO insect repellent on. I am the only one getting bit. Those mosquitoes will die to get a taste of me.

[@davidtheran911]

Me = oil Moskitoes= the united states of america

[@Ragnarok540]

Hey, you do need a lot of fuel when you are a world power.

[@foolishdemon847]

Mosquitoes*

[@CaptiveReefSystems]

@@Ragnarok540 THE world power.. 😎

[@peterdunphy4955]

very interesting

[@wootenbasset8631]

Love the science. Happy that none of the “evolved” hypotheses were substantiated scientifically. Thanks for the honesty.