Why are some people mosquito magnets? Clues are emerging

[Dr. Duck]

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-people-mosquito-magnets-clues-emerging.html

 

[Dr. Duck]

I know I am….

 

[subllibrm]

My dad could sit on the deck listening to the ballgame and never get bit. If I walked out there to say hi and check the score, every skeeter in town showed up for a piece of me.

 

[abcaines]

At a family reunion, I was nicknamed "Blue Plate Special".

 

[Dr. Duck]

Nothing, and I do mean nothing, compares with no-see-ums. It seems like in other parts of the country they are very seasonal, but in Florida and where I grew up in coastal South Carolina, I could swear they were present all year (except winter). If you don’t know what they are, here’s an article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...rvertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

 

[abcaines]

Nothing, and I do mean nothing, compares with no-see-ums. It seems like in other parts of the country they are very seasonal, but in Florida and where I grew up in coastal South Carolina, I could swear they were present all year (except winter). If you don’t know what they are, here’s an article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...rvertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

I got eaten alive by those things on a fishing trip in Alaska.

 

[Ransom]

Nothing, and I do mean nothing, compares with no-see-ums.

Not quite the same species, but in northern Ontario, black flies are a similar scourge in the spring. Swamps and standing water everywhere.

 

[Dr. Duck]

Not quite the same species, but in northern Ontario, black flies are a similar scourge in the spring. Swamps and standing water everywhere.

Planning a trip to Canada in the next couple of years, so maybe I’ll find out, although I’ll be more in the Niagara Falls part of Canada.