Some people â??smellâ? better to female mosquitoes than others.
If youâ??ve hiked the Rocky Mountains with a group in early July â?? and particularly in July 2008 â?? youâ??ve probably noticed this phenomenon. The mosquitoes seem to be singling out one or two people in your group.
Susan Paskewitz, a professor of entomology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says itâ??s no rural myth.