Or is it that the victims pest warning system is currently winning the biological arms race, in which case how are mosquitoes able to successfully reproduce? Or is it that mosquitoes have evolved such that their spawning numbers offset the difficulty they have biting?

Biology is hard.

    • gens@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      6 hours ago

      It’s genetics. We produce some oil or something that mosquitos smell. And some people produce more then others.

      Basically bad luck.

      • Valmond@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        3 hours ago

        O- and got swarmed as a kid. A fucking cloud around me and only me :-/

        Got bitten so much I developed a resistance or something so there’s that!

        Have heard that blood type (O) but not about rhesus (- or +) attracts the bastards.

        • auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          2 hours ago

          A is their second favourite after O, IIRC.

          Yep my mum is AB+ and she is the magnet if I’m not on holiday with them :)

          I’m so delicious I manage to protect the full villa.