Why do mosquitoes bite me and not others? Here’s what you need to do to block them

Even the “sweet blood” attracts. Some studies have shown that there is a relationship with saccharied in the blood, but it is because this compound feeds bacteria into the skin, the same ones that give the bad smell to sweat. Mosquitoes avoid people with more bacteria on their skin, and they prefer those who tend to have less.

The lactic acid that we emit when we breathe or through sweat attracts mosquitoes. Higher people and women pregnancy emit more lactic acid, and they are favorite prey for mosquitoes.