why mosquitoes "love" you (IMAGE)

University of Washington

why mosquitoes "love" you

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Top 4 reasons why mosquitoes are attracted to people. New work from the Riffell laboratory at the University of Washington shows that red is a new attractant.

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Jeffrey Riffell/University of Washington

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