Only female Mosquitoes bite because they need human blood to develop fertile eggs.

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Only female mosquitoes bite because they need human blood to develop fertile eggs. Scientists have also discovered proteins in female mosquitoes' antennae and heads that latch onto certain human chemical markers

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जोनाथन डे कहते हैं, फ्लोरिडा विश्वविद्यालय में एक मेडिकल एंटोमोलॉजिस्ट और मच्छर विशेषज्ञ। और उस समय आपकी दादी ने आपको बताया था कि आपकी त्वचा सिर्फ मीठी थी? उस पर कुछ सच्चाई है, डे कहते हैं। "कुछ लोग अपनी त्वचा में कुछ रसायनों का अधिक उत्पादन करते हैं," वे बताते हैं। "और उन रसायनों में से कुछ, जैसे लैक्टिक एसिड, मच्छरों को आकर्षित करते हैं।" इस बात के भी सबूत हैं कि एक रक्त प्रकार (ओ) मच्छरों को दूसरों (ए या बी) से अधिक आकर्षित करता है।

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According to research, and for a variety of reasons, mosquitoes do bite certain people more than others. ... Only female mosquitoes bite because they need human blood to develop fertile eggs.

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According to research, and for a variety of reasons, mosquitoes do bite certain people more than others. ... Only female mosquitoes bite because they need human blood to develop fertile eggs. A mosquito bite is usually just an itchy annoyance, but sometimes it can be deadly — mosquitoes spread lethal diseases such as malaria, West Nile virus, and dengue fever. Figuring out why mosquitoes prefer to feast on humans over other animals could help us design more effective repellants and prevent the spread of disease. Neuroscientist Leslie Vosshall studies how mosquitoes make sense of chemical signals — everything from our unique scent to the carbon dioxide we exhale — to find their next meal

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