I like to joke that the first 10-trillion dollar company will be the company that invents how to effectively deal with mosquitos.

I would happily pay $100/month for life to get rid of the issue. I live in a place with moderate mosquito activity, but it bothers me A LOT. And I lost countless nights sleep over trying to kill a mosquito in my bedroom.

Mosquitoes always seem to come exclusively to me instead of my wife. I would love to understand this "preference" but unfortunately the article doesn’t really explain it.

The full article is available as the published Nature version care of Yale's Carlson Lab.

Specifically, Baik, L., Talross, G.J.S., Gray, S., Pattisam, H.S., Peterson, T.N., Nidetz, J.E., Hol, F.J.H. and Carlson, J.R. (2024) Mosquito taste responses to human and floral cues guide biting and feeding, Nature https://rdcu.be/dXckk

or maybe you can find it via: https://carlsonlab.yale.edu/full-publication-list

I'm not very tasty to mosquitos to begin with. I used to have the usual reaction to mosquito bites (slight bump, itching). I grew up near a wetland in Minnesota, so I was no stranger to mosquitos, but after getting absolutely mobbed by mosquitos when I took my wilderness survival merit badge course at scout camp, I stopped reacting to mosquito bites.

Though, the downside is that I do have less incentive to protect myself if I'm in malaria/dengue/etc. areas.

Here is some of more pre-existing research about this topic:

https://www.pfizer.com/news/articles/why_are_some_people_tas...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8906108/

I spend most of my time in the western US, and the mosquitos there never bother me, but they do go after my wife and one of my two sons. Aside from being ravaged by a swarm of mosquitos in a Florida phone booth 40 years ago, I never had a problem. That is, until earlier this year when I spent two months in Hawaii. The mosquitos there were relentless and I always had itching bites no matter what brand of repellent, or how much I used.

This article mentions an observed preference to certain people by mosquitos, but it doesn't go into why. It seems to leave out geographical considerations, which I know from experience, are real.

That is huge, the mosquitoes are panicking right now

It may be a grandma's tale but tick and mosquito preferences seem inversely correlated. My girlfriend is loved by mosquitos but I get ticks more often.

They don't bite me at all, even when i am alone (when someone is with me, they curse my existence as they feel all the focus is on them). I am offended, but also happy.

Is there information in that article? Layout seems to encourage reading between the lines but they seem to be filled with space.

what about individual differences between mosquitos? some people taste good to me too but not others. it doesn't implicate humanity lol