Mosquito bites are an unfortunate inevitability of summertime — or are they?
Scientists recently found that mosquitos are more attracted to some colors than others, which could potentially prove useful to those trying to avoid the itchy bites. , which was published Friday, found that after a common type of mosquitos smelled CO2 — the gas humans breathe out — they decided to land on some colored dots but ignored others.
The research team put different colored dots at the bottom of a chamber and sprayed them with CO2. They found that mosquitos were drawn most to red, orange, black, and cyan. Kiley Riffell Unfortunately, avoiding mosquitoes isn't as easy as choosing the right color of clothes. Human skin emits a vivid red-orange"signal" to mosquitoes, the researchers said, making it hard to hide completely.
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