Breathing: Inviting A Mosquito To Its Feast!

Breathing: Inviting A Mosquito To Its Feast! first appeared on backyardbugpatrol.com.

We all need some summer survival tips to keep ourselves safe from not only the itching and scratching of a mosquito bite, but also, and more importantly from mosquito borne viruses. Taking precautions and making sure your mosquito prevention is up to scratch (pardon the pun) is paramount. Here’s an article with a few extra tips as to what potentially could attract a mosquito to its feast.

8 Things That Attract Mosquitoes
Whether out in the woods, camping, hiking, or at home in the backyard, mosquitoes are not equal opportunity biters. Some people seem to be constantly bit by mosquitoes while others not so much. With the health risks that can result from a mosquito bite, we need to be aware of what attracts mosquitoes.

Wow! from that list we are all pretty much a walking menu for these irritating, pesky bugs to pick and choose from. Even breathing can entice these critters! We need to make sure we protect ourselves and our families to the absolute maximum.

Now we can see why mosquitoes are such a problem. Their senses, when you think about it are phenomenal. Here’s a great video explaining just how they are attracted to us via our breathing and their sense of smell.

 

Some great information and insight as to how mosquito prevention is continuously being developed. In the meantime, keep on top of your mosquito control and let’s try not to let these blood suckers cause us unnecessary misery.

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