Anyone who has spent a summer evening swatting away mosquitoes, or a summer day scratching mosquito bites, can agree: Mosquitoes stink. But the smells produced by humans are an important part of what draws mosquitoes to us.In a scientific report, scientists helped pinpoint the different chemicals in body odour that attract these insects by building an ice-rink size testing arena and pumping in the scents of different people.Mosquitoes are part of the fly family, and most of the time, they feed on nectar.
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