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More sugar in some peoples blood than others. Almost any and every animal and/ or insect is gonna have a stronger sense of smell than humans. Thats how they live. So if you eat sweets and go out outside at night, expect to get bitten. To prevent getting bitten, Eat something bitter or a salad or something that doesnt have a sent. Sorry that didnt help you. I would see a doctor and see if your body is emmitting some pheromones that are sweet or if thats just in your blood. I have tried it a few times and its always work to eat right prior to going into that situation. Again sorry that didnt help you out.
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Everyone has a very individual smell, mostly based around their individual populations of skin bacteria (everybody has 'em, no matter how much you bathe, but the type and concentrations of species are different for everyone), and the "Major Histamine Complex", which are proteins individual to each person's immune system and which you are born with. For some reason, and I don't think anyone knows why, mosquitos do react differently to these smells, and will follow some preferentially and ignore others.
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While there is some variation in the number of bites, the main difference among people is their immune system's reaction to the bites. In a group of people exposed to mosquitos, everyone will get bitten. Some people will not swell up, not itch, and they will falsely think they have not been bitten.
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There are several factors that a mosquito may be attracted to one victim more so than the other. They are attracted by the carbon dioxide emited from your breathing and they home in on this carbon dioxide trail. Mosquito's are more prone to attack those who are elderly, very young, or those with a weak immune system, for some reason they can tell how healthy you are. Diet may play a factor in this response, if your blood is healthy it will clot more easily and make it more difficult for the mosquito to injest, even though they inject you with a viral liquid that can decoagulate and destroy the blood cells on the cellular level, it does not destroy the clotting platelets. Vitamin K has been known to enhance these platelets so if your up on your vitamin K it is likely that mosquito's will pass you over for dinner. The intake of Garlic has also been considered a factor, and mosquito's are said not to be fond of blood with high doses of garlic.
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Some people put insect repellent on.
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mosquitos favorite bite are those people who has a foul odor, (usually smokers) dark skins and with unhealthy way of lifestyle, others are as what sunblynd stated :)
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Adding on from the comprehensive answer sunblynd supplied. British soldiers fighting the Japanese during WW2 noticed that mosquito's bite a lot more often after you've had a wash, and appear to disappear after accumulating a few days of sweat from tramping. It appears something in your sweat acts as a natural repellent and so some people may not get bitten as often because they haven't had a wash in awhile
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Mosquitos have chemical sensors, they can pick up the lactic acid and co2 you give off from 100ft.If you are sweating more than the next person, the Mosquito will pick you first, as your perspiration is giving off the most scent. Mosquitos also have good visual sensors,if you contrast well with the background because of the colour of your clothing, or are moving, the mosquito will spot you first. They also pick up heat, so if your exercising, out doors working up a sweat,and in your bright running gear, you will have a hard time outrunning those Mosquitos that seem to be following you everywhere you go.
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I thought it had something to do with how you smelled or chemicals ommitted from your body,phermones maybe.Anyways it does seem to be obvious that they prefer some people over others,so good question,but i smoke and have a somewhat unhealthy lifestyle,and they dont bite on me for some reason unlike what usairel said,so i dont think it is that.
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aws another info is that only female mosquitos do the biting and the sucking of the blood to help them making their offsprings while male mosquitos only suck fruits and nectars not blood :) so whenever a mosquito is having you as their meal be glad you have a female admirer :P
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It might be because of the lack of ballinness u have in ur skin. I know I have alot and maybe this is why I don' get bit.
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I think garlic keeps them away, I eat a lot of garlic, few mosquito bites and very few ticks ever.
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I've always thought it to do with the richness in the blood (from the things you consume), but I recently heard its 'cos the person is more prone to ill health, diarrhoea or lacks certain elements like zinc or something. Whether this is true or not, I don't know.
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Maybe we give off a scent that a mosquito likes better. If Im out alone I get bit but if Im with a gruop i don't get bit at all. If Im next to my husband, he gets them all. Maybe they like the smell of food, haha:)
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I think some people have sweeter blood! I, of course, have this problem :)
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I always heard they like some blood types over other ones.
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Scientists have worked out why mosquitoes make a beeline for certain people but appear to leave others almost untouched. Specific cells in one of the three organs that make up the mosquito’s nose are tuned to identify the different chemicals that make up human body odour. To the mosquito some people’s sweat simply smells better than others because of the proportions of the carbon dioxide, octenol and other compounds that make up body odour. From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/08/30/scimozzie130.xml
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tan people get bitten more than pale people, I've seen
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(http://www.wisegeek.com/why-do-mosquitoes-bite.htm) Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide. That's how they locate people (and animals). Some people have a metabolism that produces more carbon dioxide than others and thus they are prone to more readily attract mosquitoes.
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Just to posit a guess based on what I know about mosquitoes, I think it might have something to do with the level of CO2 the person's body puts out. Mosquitoes use the carbon dioxide emitted in the breaths of mammals as means of tracking their prey, and mosquito repellents work mainly by overpowering the scent receptors of the bugs to mask the odor and make us hard to track. It seems to me that a person who attracts a lot of mosquitoes would be that way because they put out a lot of carbon dioxide.
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I swear the mosquitos love my O negative blood!!
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Cause they suck!
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I am a mosquito magnet! I think it's because of the dark clothes I usually wear---I hear mosquitoes are attracted to dark clothing. :(
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Beats me. They are supposed to be attracted to dark colors, but they sure find me practically glowing in the dark.
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I think it may be that some people are just more allergic to mosquito bites than others. Some people can be bitten and not even notice, whereas some of us (like me!) will develop huge welts afterwards.
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sweet skin :)
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I have not been bitten in 20 years! I spend a lot of time outdoors, and my home is on a small lake thats full of mosquitos, they just don't like me.
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If you wear perfume or cologne they're attracted to it. Even the scent from deodrant can attract them.
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My grandmother was one..........and whenever we went outside we'd place her about 20 yards from us......better than any repellant you know.
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It is not really carbon dioxide. It is the smell of the person per se. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204660604574378933761528214.html?mod=yhoofront
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Eat lots of garlic, swill gin, smoke cigars, wear light colored clothing, stay away from most cologne's and perfumes, and don't consume sugary foods and drinks, and they'll tend to avoid you ... but then so will a lot of people too. As the pests come out at sundown, I find I have far less trouble with them if I don't eat or drink anything sugary after lunchtime, but if I have a single Coke in the afternoon, I'm a mosquito magnet.
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