Protection against mosquito bites may depend on the choice of colors in clothes, scientists suddenly said after studying the vision of insects and their preferences
Mosquitoes are attracted to a certain range of colors / Photo: Pixabay
Scientists have found that mosquitoes, smelling the carbon dioxide that people exhale, fly towards certain colors, including red, orange, black and blue.
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mosquitoes ignore other colors such as green, purple, blue and white, writes Phys.
A new study helps explain how mosquitoes find their prey because human skin, regardless of overall pigmentation, emits a strong red-orange “signal”.
The smell of CO2 stimulates the eyes of mosquitoes scan certain colors that are associated with a potential victim, and head towards them.
Research can help in the development of more effective repellents, traps and other methods to repel mosquitoes.
Mosquitoes are also attracted to human sweat and skin temperature. But the absence of red colors in clothes could help a little. attract less insects researchers think.
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Source: Segodnya
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